“For example, if you’re in a third country and you have an [MI6] officer and a CIA officer pursuing the same target, and both services sort of deconflict that, it was almost always the case that the US would win out because it just has more heft and more resources,”

David McCloskey · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-11

McCloskey gave an example of how the US typically prevails over MI6 in third-country operations due to greater heft and resources.