Spot on on the scoundrels. The aerial farm in Lim Chu Kang was last of the British Signit assets.
We have been excellent in technicals but apparently less so in HUMINT. The last case that came to light was when we were caught by the Malaysians. The Brits who I studied with had a saying about intelligence and intelligence gathering, " We need gentleman to do a scoundrels work," not a "scoundrel to do a scoundrels work". Problem is we have "tried" and succeeded in getting " scholars to do a scoundrels work.
Locke