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eside in the suburbs while running a travel agency in washington dc the perfect cover as the couple navigate their secret life as deep cover spies and elizabeth is one tough customer a master of disguise a talented wireless radio operator a skilled tradesman in espionage pretty good at hand to hand combat and a consistent strategic thinker and all while also dealing with the appropriate amount of stress of being a mother but here is where elizabeth diverges from the norm however harried elizabeth may be as a mom it is not to comedic effect elizabeth struggles with the balance of work home life because first and foremost elizabeth is a dedicated soviet a loyal servant to the cause while her husband phillip often suggests early they either defect or disappear permanently in america as the country is not all that bad and their kids are as american as they come elizabeth will not here of it she is the job and the job is not over if her children are too american it is simply because elizabeth is not finished with them yet elizabeth plays the maligned disciplinarian in the eyes of her children while her husband is the fun parent a fairly typical story construct on any level but there s an interesting duality in this spy thriller while she does love her children and has if not love but strong affection for phillip they are still part of the job in her mind and that influences much of her actions as her family life is part of her cover part of her job for example we learn early on that elizabeth was assaulted by a senior training officer in russia and while this is a certain catalyst for events in the pilot episode it is not something that defines elizabeth as a character because the only thing that does define her is her commitment to the soviet cause so a predator in the soviet ranks is almost something she took in stride as part of the job until she decides it is not so how does a dame have it all how does elizabeth manage marriage children and home while trying to champion mother russia and maintain a secret identity most often through cold reserve tenacity big picture thinking and the ability to give a good beat down when warranted the bigger question that will face elizabeth in the series is the constant test of her ideology and whether it will uphold as elizabeth realizes that her russian counterparts are not quite the patriots she has held them out to be and then what will her actions be bond girls 3 0 posted february 23 2013 in mi6 spy dames we wish were real tags james bond skyfall 1 i suppose it should not be surprising that the most popular post on this blog is one i did on the bond babes back in 2008 at the time i wrote about the superfluity of these ladies and how vesper lynn was a new twist in the martini that is the bond world babes that the franchise s rethinking the way it saw women is the shaker and how the reinvention of m was a much welcomed spray of dry vermouth well i am happy to say that the brain trust of this franchise has done it again i finally finally got around to seeing skyfall such is the life of a phd student and all i can say is that this is the best james bond film not about bond made to date a bond film not about bond yup i said it and i m sticking by it skyfall is a dense film with a lot of themes running amok parentage abandonment redemption betrayal revenge old age the brevity of youth they are all shaken and stirred into a lovely and tasty mix but bond in this film is somewhat relegated to that of plot device rather than having his issues all front and center as they have been since 2006 s casino royal no this film is really about the ladies more specifically m and the proverbial sins of the mother be they a hedgemonic spy chief or mother country m s past comes back to haunt her in the form a rogue agent long presumed to be dead who comes back with a vengeance to make m pay for her sins well mama m is well aware of her sins she knows she constantly chooses between bad and worse options the lesser of many evils she just made a deal with herself long ago to never regret them because it isn t professional be that as it may and because a british noc list has come into play under her watch she is now facing down forced retirement and inquiry while her mi6 agents are being killed so she enacts bond to come back from his own presumed death to go to battle for mama m and mother country whether he is up to the challenge or not it speaks to the bond pun between m and james in that they can have this ambivalence towards each other laced with a fondness like that of parent and child and respect like that of comrades in arms m beckons and bond responds it s a truly interesting love affair if you think about it only with bombs and guns and assassins what is also fascinating is that the first 40 minutes of the film truly are about m and her mess and that is worthy to note because ancillary characters have never gotten this much play before m is shown as mentor mother manager and bureaucrat all rolled up into one really damn tiny package add a dash of naomie harris as eve moneypenny 2 0 and we see a who new mythology being written here moneypenny in this film is no longer the earnest love struck secretary but a suspended field operative who has the dime on bond but made a bad shot after an arguably bad call by m while suspended she s still neck deep in things and considering her options return to the field full time or settle down with a rather nice desk so yadda yadda yadda there s a bond villain he s fabulous but not the point of this post mayhem ensues m gets questioned by a lady minister a wonderfully prim helen mccrory too bad there wasn t more of her in this film things go boom and chugga chugga chugga bond absconds with m to his childhood home of skyfall where m is to be used as bait to draw out the baddie bond may be battling another rat but he does so in m s maze because this is clearly her film i won t disclosed the end except to say m moves on and the excellent dame judi dench is effectively retired from the series but as m is replaced by yet another m in the form of ralph fiennes mallory i couldn t help but think like a little tickle in the back of my brain how now that moneypenny has been re invented it occurred to me that her last name begins with m as well hmmmm a girl can dream two steps back posted february 3 2013 in defense intelligence agency revoking her dame card tags defense intelligence agency feminism women in combat 0 huzzah the ban barring women from combat positions has been lifted this is a good thing especially considering that women have served on the front lines in unofficial combat and intelligence positions for over a decade now but in the immortal words a one eddie izzard ein minuten bitte the story is that in the same week that secretary of defense leon panetta ended his tenure by lifting the ban preventing women from serving on the front lines if they are qualified to do so an employee of the defense intelligence agency celebrated this progress in equality by presenting a briefing about how to dress for success now this is a perfectly acceptable presentation if it suggests sensible shoes clothes that travel easily and how to adjust a flak jacket to accommodate female anatomy but sigh such was not the case invaluable bon mots such as suggesting makeup high heels and color seem to be the message of the day which is all fine and good if that day were in the 1960s but apparently the dia is a little slow on the upswing in a time where women are finally being realized as the proverbial smart bombs that they are it seems it is still not enough to be competent and smart if you are not first and foremost a sex bomb the worst part of this whole debacle is that this nonsense is coming from a woman which further goes to show that women are equally capable of not only firing a weapon but firing said weapon into their own feet thus proving that at the end of the day women are their own worst enemies to its credit the dia officially announced their regret over the briefing clarifying that it was unapproved with the director lt gen michael flynn going as far as calling it highly offensive so at least there is that jennifer matthews posted january 30 2013 in blame a dame cia 0 in my previous post i discussed the increase of coverage of women in intelligence in 2012 increased coverage is good but improper reporting of the facts is bad so all in all it ends up being a mixed blessing at best the year kicked off with renewed coverage of slain cia agent jennifer matthews and her family speaking out on her behest due to what they felt was a misrepresentation of the facts surrounding her death or as we refer to it in this blog they are calling bs on what they feel is yet another round of blame a dame jennifer matthews 1964 2009 a 22 year cia agent an al qaeda specialist before there was such a thing wife and mother of three was serving as the cia base chief in khost afghanistan when an asset jordanian doctor and double agent humam khalil al balawi visited the camp chapman base and detonated a suicide vest thus killing not only matthews but six other cia agents and a jordanian intelligence operative this is where the righteous pointing fingers rose up in indignation en masse now this is very normal human behavior the need to make sense of tragedy however another common trait falls under attribution theory where people in trying to make sense of tragedy will often arrive at conclusions that may be more a matter of convenience as opposed to fact in effort to assign blame and this is where jennifer matthews comes in as chief of base her family feels she is being scapegoated for the entire ordeal when there is plenty of culpability go around the facts of the day are fairly straightforward the doctor was transported to the base and due to his previous visits he was deemed trustworthy enough not to be searched matthews gathered her colleagues outside to greet the doctor where he then detonated the bomb he had concealed on his person the mistakes are also straightforward the doctor was not searched prior to transport not searched at entry and matthews apparently had disregarded an internal security protocol by gathering her colleagues together in that manner official reports seemingly agree that many error across the board were made where it gets mucky is that as chief of base criticism leveled at matthews was incredibly fierce the fall out of the event resulted in some people digging up matthews name in connection to a scathing post 9 11 report that named matthews and others partially responsible for intelligence failures by not alerting the fbi to their information about a pending al qaeda attack neither matthews or others named in the report were disciplined because frankly a slew of people throughout the intelligence community have their own proverbial cross to bear when it comes to 9 11 matthews can hardly be blamed for 70 years of non cooperation between the cia and the fbi and post attack with more puzzle pieces in place matthews was a key figure in the capture of abu zubaida a top al qaeda leader in march 2002 a mere six months after further it is key to note that the doctor was a cia asset before matthews took the role as base chief there would have been an assumption that he was properly vetted before matthews ever knew him other accusations that were leveled at matthews was that she was not qualified to be in her position naturally this gets spun in such a way to say that she was incompetent especially given that she made the error of bringing her colleagues outside to meet the doctor and super especially given that her uncle dan matthews himself a noted cia veteran makes the ill advised comments that she was in over her head jerky move and family disloyalty aside the elder matthews comments reinforce the idea that she was not capable of handling the assignment now here s where i get fussy about wordage just because someone has not worked in a position before does not mean they are unqualified the cia does acknowledge that of all of the applicants for the job matthews was the most qualified applicant the assumption goes that you would receive a certain amount on the job training in areas where you may need instruction a sentiment voiced by matthews husband gary anderson who clarifies that his wife had not received the proper training for the post but let me be clear questioning matthews action as base chief is fair play questioning her entire career and certainly not in proper context is not fair play that and i somehow don t see this becoming the story it has become if matthews were a man the truth in this case is a mixed bag yes the good doctor should have been more thoroughly vetted but the doctor was also an asset prior to matthews working with him should she have performed her own vetting no you want and need to trust those you work with in that they have competently performed their own job should matthews have followed strict protocols during the doctor s arrival to the base definitely but then the doctor should also have received a pat down prior to entrance to the base as with all things military and para military as the chief of base the buck stops with matthews however even with a pat down prior to base entrance the doctor would likely have detonated his vest anyway still incurring a body count the problem here is that by gaining entrance the doctor killed 8 high level operatives inside a base instead of just those nameless schmoes transporting him the fact is in the end that should not matter anyone who dies in conflict no matter who or where specifically is a great loss and it should not be qualified according to rank and location and matthews is hardly responsible for the whole shebang whatever her past whatever her qualifications this is a case where many small mistakes spread across many people culminated into a big disaster in the end who do we attribute to this tragedy to we attribute this tragedy where it belongs to the abstract concept of war as one anonymous person commented in a washington post story covering the matthews story so eloquently stated as a person who has gone to war unprepared and by that i mean anyone who has been in a war zone has absolutely no idea what it will be like let me tell you the instructions i have both my parents and spouse do not speak to the press do not comment on my service or what i did if i am killed i was killed because i was in harms way not for any other reason remember that i love all of you but you are not in a position to judge what i do every day for a living sometimes in war tragic errors are made they might be my errors or they might be others it s war and the blame lies there and not with the people who had to make split second decisions with bad information good advice 2012 year of the spy dame posted january 26 2013 in cia cultural intelligence don t mess with this dame mother of 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