"The United Kingdom has a new way for people to share secrets with the country's foreign intelligence agency. It's called Silent Courier, and it's being advertised online. The service can be found on the dark web, and allows potential spies to share classified information with the U.K.'s Secret Intelligence Service better known as MI6 securely. The nation's Foreign Office, which oversees MI6, says the portal is being launched as the U.K. tries to recruit "potential new agents in Russia and around the world.""
"He told NPR that Silent Courier could be used by foreign officials who otherwise couldn't meet with an MI6 handler, or sneak into a British embassy. "MI6 has always had the facility for what we call walk-ins. Traditionally, that is embassy driven," he said. "Sometimes, we have had gold dust intelligence as a result of defectors and the like." Silent Courier is a less risky option, Dunn believes. "The potential for somebody to think 'thank goodness for that, I now have a mechanism to contact the organisation, [when] for various reasons I couldn't physically face to face present my credentials,' this enables that possibility," he added."
Silent Courier is a dark-web portal that allows people to submit classified information securely to the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). The Foreign Office presents the portal as a tool to recruit potential new agents in Russia and worldwide. The service offers an alternative channel for sources who cannot meet MI6 handlers or access embassies, reducing operational risk compared with traditional embassy 'walk-ins'. Former MI6 personnel describe the portal as complementary to existing collection methods and useful for obtaining information related to Russia's war in Ukraine. A promotional video explains access procedures and features an introduction by a former MI6 chief.
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