Espionage Writer Gifts

John le Carre goes to MI6 heaven-RIP

"Bond James, Bond."

Barks in code.

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

HDQTRS division, Motor Pool and Covert Ops.

"I'll have the Investigator's Special."

'We subpoenaed all of 'Mr. Big's' electronic messages. They're in morse code.'

Statue of Liberty with satellite dish and laptop spying on the World.

"Either we spend millions on new technology to erase each agent's memory following a sensitive assignment, or we just start hiring people over fifty."

Giant pandas doing surveillance in a zoo.

"Check the setting. I'm sure the CIA isn't hacking into our appliances just to burn your toast."

"I started my career as an industrial spy-here."

"OK, we may not have ways of making you talk, but we do have ways of making your leg twitch uncontrollably."

What've you been up to since college, Lemont? Oh, I became a journalist … had a kid, blah blah … but I wanna hear about you, Rudy. Grigori Rasputin. How've you been all these years? How's your Uncle Mort? Are you a Russian spy? Boop boop boop. How'd that stomach-tumble-translator startup you founded in the nineties go? Wait ... what did you say you became? What do they have on President Trump? How's your cat? Boop.

'I don't have any formal training, but I do own the complet boxed set of 'Get Smart' DVD's.'

'We're looking for somebody to work on our new top secret project. Can you tell me what kind of experience you have?'

"Ok, I found a secure line."

Do you have a phone with recording capabilities? I want to be able to carry a wire when I meet with my boss.

'More government surveillance!'

CIA, 'Confound it, Ruggles -- we're SUPPOSED to be worrywarts'

'I can't read their smoke signal. It's encrypted.'

The lion statues in front of New York City Library are replaced with spies.

Licensed to grill.

Legalish

'Is that a suspicious package in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'

A kid squirting gunk from an umbrella.

"With the fortune we have spent in technology, informers and spies around the world, how is it possible that you still haven't found where the heck is Wally?"

'I'm counter - intelligence'

The Best Defense

"Our intelligencia said we will be outnumbered 100 to one, but that we can hope it's only fake news."

"What you find 'boring' spies from all over the world would find extremely interesting."

"Screw this—I'm going to work for the tabloids."

'Somebody close the window. Those pesky drones are getting in.'

Park bench reserved for Mi6 recruitment.

"You wouldn't believe the things I know."