Does the World of James Bond, 007, really exist?

Question

Does that kind of spying and espionage really exist?

Answer 1

Only in the British mythology

Answer 2

Not really, some neat gadgets do exist, but a true spy flies under the radar.  Someone like James Bond would get his cover blown too quickly to be effective.

Answer 3

not acording to the US government, but can you realy trust the government?

Answer 4

The department Bond worked for exists or existed in ww2

the people who work in espionage don't live Bonds high fashion-high dollar life, mostly peons like the rest of us...

The kinds of cases, violence etc do exist.....

( you don't want to be interrogated by the Egyptians, for instance...)

Answer 5

Actually the books by Ian Flemming are autobiographical and most of the events did happen to him during WWII. Read the books not the movies.

Answer 6

In a way yes.  The guy that Ian Fleming based James Bond on was a 50 yr old, overweight fellow working for British intelligence in WW2.  Supposedly the things he did would make James Bond cry for jealousy.

Answer 7

They do have a secret service but it is not quite like James Bond and 007. There is no suave man seducing s**y women all over the world. If there is, I'd love to meet him.

Answer 8

Yes, James Bond as a character was created by Ian Fleming who used his own life as a model. It was not some 50 year old overweight guy as someone suggested; Ian Fleming was the epitome of class and style, born into a wealthy family and worked for MI5 and Naval Intelligence. He started writing down his semi-biographical novels entitled James Bond later in life when he settled down on account of his heart condition, which in turn was a result of too much drinking&cigars....

So yes, that kind of life certainly exists, but not as glamorous and not many people live it.