High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In Ian Fleming`s James Bond novels and the derived films, the 00 Section of MI6 is considered the secret service`s elite. A 00 (typically read "Double O") agent holds a licence to kill in the field, at his or her discretion, to complete the mission. Goldfinger establishes that the section usually has only three agents at a time; the films, beginning with Thunderball, establish the number of 00 agents as fewer than 12.