«That the existence of this previously top secret database was finally revealed in parliament by the home secretary on Wednesday, as part of a comprehensive new investigatory powers bill covering many other previously
secret intelligence capabilities, speaks volumes about how far we've come in a few short years.»
Set at the height of the Cold War, the French
Secret Service alerts the US and President Reagan to the activities of a Soviet spy, Sergei Gregoriev (Kusturica), high up in the KGB, who is smuggling out extensive details of the KGB's
intelligence - gathering
capabilities.