The IMF and its agents could beat MI6 and its agents in a fight

MI6 would defeat IMF in the real world for the following reasons: 1) IMF has too much secrecy. Contrary to what imabench would have us believe, outside comic books and blockbuster films, secrecy is typically not seen as a very good operating formula for intelligence agencies these days. It's actually more or less a political liability, only conducted in situations calling for strict need to know info on a personal basis (like Iranian nukes). Especially in the aftermath of Gitmo water boarding and the Eric Snowden leaks - which have hurt the CIA & NSA as a whole far more than any foreign government has. In this scenario, we're we to expect IMF agents to engage in armed hostilities against agents of Mi6 (who is a publicly acknowledged entity of the Queen's government) we could expect that an attack on Mi6 is also an attack on the United Kingdom - and HMG will respond in kind with the fully fury of the UK Armed Forces & Ministry of Defense. PRO may not make the claim that IMF is backed by the Pentagon, the US Government, or the American public at large because, according to Mission Impossible lore: "Situations that are too hot politically, too dangerous for politicians to be trusted to confront, or too absurd for the CIA are all pursued by this top-secret organization. The IMF is a specialized group of expert agents that remain hidden from the public eyes. If the IMF were revealed to exist, the United States would be expelled from the United Nations and banned as a "pariah state." (http://missionimpossible.wikia.com...) Whereas "fighting dirty" imabench style only gives more political clout for why the U.S. Government would never assist the IMF in a struggle against MI6 and the UK. Meanwhile, seeing as how IMF is basically now a terrorist orgiastic (not legally backed by any country), in our the real-world scenario, MI6 would be free to disregard many of the rules and international laws that govern the use of military force against other nations. 2) Ghost Protocol is unconstitutional. A covert order by the U.S. President that blacklists an entire wing of the U.S. intelligence community from Congress to the point that members can evade judicial proceedings, jail-time, and federal/state laws, but are still free to conduct clandestine spying operations on any country overseas -including U.S. citizens at home- while still privileged enough to access any number of classified military secrets and government funds from American taxpayers is going to cost IMF big time. In the real-world, what's to stop MI6 from finding out and leaking this info to the American public at large? This blackmail tactic is just another easy way MI6 could doom the IMF. 3) Organizational Depth > Money Contrary again to what imabench says, MI6 typically works close in hand and can recruit from the Ministry of Defense and other elite organizations, especially the SAS, a Tier 1 Special Operations Direct-Action group. (http://www.eliteukforces.info...). Even in the James Bond movies, 007 is typically shown as backed up by the military or traveling in force; such as with the Royal Navy in Tomorrow Never Dies, US Marines in GoldenEye, most likely SAS operators in Die Another Day, the Russian Mafia in the World is Not Enough, and of course, some hot chick down the road. Agents are rarely ever totally alone. Therefore, in a prolonged conflict, MI6 would have a recruiting & operating advantage to fill in ranks and swell their numbers. Seeing as how IMF is so secretive, and so small, and so elite, it is a huge mystery to whom they can recruit, whom they can even talk to, where they can get assistance from, and to who they could trust to handle the type of classified materials that IMF deals with (like nuclear codes).In an actual attrition game (prolong war), IMF can’t afford to lose anybody. Imabench should know that elite undercover operators (of the Tom Cruise mold) do not grow on trees and money can't replace them.