Bond, James Bond-era British spies sacked for failing Facebook test

Britain’s spy agency, MI5, has laid off an undisclosed amount of “older agents,” so-called “James Bond-generation agents,” because “they’ve failed to master social-networking and other Internet technology,” reports UPI. Does this strike anyone as odd considering James Bond was the ultimate early adopter? He had a pager, a car phone, and a Geiger counter camera — in the ‘60s!

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