MI6/MI5 etc

[Maggoty]

I know that the MI stands for Ministery for the Interior. and I know that 5 deals with home issues/activity and 6 deals with foreign issues/activity. But what, in these cases, does the 'interior' refer to?

Cheers

x

[New Judge]

Actually, Maggoty. it stands for Military Intelligence (sections 5 and 6).

It stems from the specialities within the original Secret Service Bureau and sections five and six were devoted to Home and Foreign matters respectively.

[ABerrant]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI_numbers

[Maggoty]

Thanks folks!!

xx

[JonnyBoy12]

Really, New Judge, I thought those letters stood for Massive Incompetence!

[ann_h]

Mildly Indiscreet?

[juandelacruz]

The phrase is very common in some countries, perhaps if there are a few towns and a lot of fairly inaccessible countryside. It refers to the rest of the country, outside the capital.