"If it were not for Q Branch, you would have been dead long ago."

The World of Spies would not function, were it not for Q Branch. Or whatever the hi-tech equivalent is today. 
The quote on the left by Desmond Llewelyn's Q, from the James Bond film Licence To Kill, remains as true today as it always has.

The original Second World War purpose of the Special Operations Executive, whose job it was to train and equip operatives working against the enemy. It may have been training in camouflage or designing cunning escape aids for Prisoners of War. This was Ian Fleming's inspiration for Q Branch, and on these pages you will read a brief synopsis of the secret but essential work of the SOE, and the amazing men behind them. And yes, the image is of a fake poo.
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Remarkably, Ian Fleming was also involved in helping to set up what is known in the United States as The Central Intelligence Agency. The man he advised was 'Wild Bill' Donovan, the most decorated American hero of all time. Starting out as the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Donovan's department coordinated and planned the covert operations and spy missions that would be the forerunner to the modern day CIA.
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From its beginnings in 1972, when executive director of the CIA, William Colby, suggested the idea, the CIA Museum has become the  world's pre-eminent collection of intelligence gadgets and devices. Starting with the war time efforts of the OSS, right through to the current day, the collection includes clothing, equipment, weapons, and memorabilia that serve as an impressive catalogue of the Agency’s history.
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