Britain to expand size of MI5 by 50%

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RECRUITING DRIVE: The domestic intelligence agency is getting a shot in the arm to counter the threat of terrorism, with at an estimated US$111.7 million in new funding

AFP , LONDON
Monday, Feb 23, 2004,Page 6

Britain intends to boost the size of its domestic intelligence service MI5 by 50 percent by hiring 1,000 new staff to counter the threat of terrorism, British news media reported.

Home Secretary David Blunkett, the Cabinet minister responsible for MI5, is to announce the ambitious recruiting drive in the coming week, according to the news reports.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/02/23/2003099830

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1. hmm. maybe they'll have to expand the 00X series to another digit?