I agree, and the poor fella suffered/suffers from PTSD, but I had an issue with one part of his story.
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In the end, the job caught up with Tom. He suffered nightmares about being attacked and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), returning to civilian life in 2013. He feels he's recovered now.
He also struggled to find another job. Because of the anonymity required by MI5, Tom, who joined the Army at the age of 16 before moving on to the security services, has a large gap in his CV.
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All he has to say is that he was a Civil Servant, and he worked on things in the MOD or the Foreign Office, which because it involved classified information, he can't discuss - 5 would give him a cover story, and appropriate (non-MI5) references would be provided.
He says the cover story just unravels, but he has practice, as he was an undercover officer with a cover story...
When I left the RAF (and my job there was on the Dark Side), I just said I was in Telecomms, and my job was covered by the Official Secrets Act - most people accepted this.