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A clarification from a Salon editor:
>QinetiQ, whose name allegedly inspired that of the fictional British spook "Q," the gadget maker in the James Bond movies,Very unlikely. Q made his debut in 1964's Goldfinger. No company at that time would have used such a pathetically silly moniker.
We have corrected this point, which now reads: "QinetiQ, whose name draws from the fictional British spook who made the gadgets in the James Bond movies..."
In fact, the writer had it correct in the original draft; the change was due to a fact-checking error on our part -- a story from Reuters in October 2006 led with the mistake:
"Former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet has joined the British research firm thought to have provided the inspiration for ‘Q’, the character who creates spy gadgets for James Bond." (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15400003/)
This was then picked up and repeated by many other news outlets... unfortunately, Salon included. Thanks to reader Michael Bowen for the catch.
