French magazine plays ranked list with spy agencies, nobody asked

L'Express conducted a peer review of European intelligence services and ranked them like a sports bracket, with MI6 taking gold and Slovakia getting last place in what reads like fanfiction written by bored intelligence analysts. The article breathlessly quotes retired CIA guys gushing about British spycraft while completely glossing over how absurd it is to quantify espionage effectiveness with arbitrary point totals. It's the journalistic equivalent of asking gamers to rate each other's gaming chairs and presenting it as research.