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The '''Secret Intelligence Service''', almost always referred to in media by the term "MI6" ('''''M'''ilitary '''I'''ntelligence '''6''''), is the external intelligence agency for the United Kingdom, roughly equivalent to the United States' [[CIA]].
 
Formed as the Secret Service Bureau in 1909 under the leadership of Captain Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming,<ref>an ex-sailor who was eccentric to say the least, writing in green ink and stabbing his false leg with a penknife to shock people</ref> its existence was not officially acknowledged until 1994, although it now has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20101008002027/http://www.sis.gov.uk/output/sis-home-welcome.html website].