MI5 to recruit teaching staff

IT seems MI5 believe skills of a teacher are suitable for espionage.

The security agency is hoping to attract school staff in its latest recruitment drive.

The advert for operational intelligence officers in teachers’ trade newspaper, the Times Educational Supplement says: “Your experience of dealing with people means you can build trust and relationships with all sorts of individuals, which makes you the ideal candidate for developing a career securing the information we need to protect national security.”