Richard Moore jokes he may use the platform to recruit agents for the spy agency

First the British army tried to rejuvenate its image with an appeal to the UK’s “snowflakes” and “selfie addicts” to join up. Now, the new head of MI6 has marked his first day in office by posting tweets complete with emojis joking that he may use the platform to recruit spooks.

Richard Moore, a former British ambassador to Turkey stepped in to replace the outgoing Sir Alex Younger at the head – known by the codename “C” – of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service on Thursday.

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