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* [[Kim Newman]] is one of several writers who've taken [[Sherlock Holmes]]'s statement that, on occasion, brother Mycroft ''is'' the British Government to portray the [[Diogenes Club]] as a secret government agency under his control.
* Michael Gilbert wrote a number of short stories about two middle-aged spies, Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, who after twenty-some years each in [[MI 6]] joined another agency, the Joint Services Standing Intelligence Committee's External Branch. "If there's a job which is so disreputable that none of the departments will handle it, we give it to the 'E' Branch."
* The [[Anti-Hero]] of ''The Eiger Sanction'' worked for CII ... which isn't initials, it's a Roman numeral referring to the fact that 102 different spy agencies got merged to form this abomination. It's headed by an [[Evil Albino]] war criminal named [[Punny Name|Yurasis Dragon]], and there's a strong hint that one of the agency's first tasks was murdering several of the witnesses to his wartime crimes in order to make things safe for him.
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