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Specific answer required. One of these people named Bill Fairbanks was fatally shot in the neck, after which his lover, the belly dancer Saida, kept the bullet as a good luck charm. Another of these people died while dressed as a clown after stealing a fake Fabergé egg. While three of these people were rock climbing in Gibraltar, one was attacked by an imposter who slid a note reading “smiert spionam” down their rope before cutting it. A traitorous member of this group faked his death at a weapons facility in (*) Arkhangelsk and secretly founded (-5[1])the Janus syndicate. Nomi succeeded one of these people after his retirement, and teamed up with him to take down Lyutsifer Safin. (10[1])That man was promoted to this status (-5[1])by executing the mole Dryden, who noted that two kills were required to gain this status. (10[1])For 10 points, Alec Trevelyan was a former member of what elite section of MI6, whose (10[1])agents have a license to kill? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: 00 (“double-oh”) agents [accept answers of 00 followed by a digit, like 007 or 009; prompt on “spies”, “secret agents”, “MI6 agents”, or similar answers]
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