Matthew Dunn, a former MI6 intelligence officer who first joined0 the secret intelligence service in 1996. (Pawel Spolnicki / Entertainers via SWNS)
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A former MI6 intelligence officer has revealed how he was recruited by his university professor and had 14 alias identities.
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Dunn spent many years working across the world in "one of the most dangerous jobs. (Pawel Spolnicki / Entertainers via SWNS)
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He wasn't able to tell his family what he did and would often be operating abroad under another identity. (Pawel Spolnicki / Entertainers via SWNS)
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