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There is no proper reason whatsoever for him to link the unsecure device retrieved from an enemy to the network of MI6. The usual approach would be to treat it with the highest level of suspicion and analyze the hardware and contained data in a secure isolated environment, and Q should have known that, considering that he is supposed to be a genius IT ...

While one would expect a "secret agent" to always use a cover, James Bond is not a secret agent: Intelligence organizations have complete and detailed files on him. Most bad guys know who he is, what kind of firearm he carries, and how he likes his drinks. The bad guy usually tries to kill Bond as he arrives in town. When he investigates someone, he ...

The use of monikers such as M and Q is, IMO, more to do with tradition and traditional anonymity than secrecy. (See my answer to another Bond question for more on this.) You can see colleagues mingling socially (the opening scenes of Licence to Kill come to mind) and Bond pops up to M's flat on a couple of occasions. M, Q, and Miss Moneypenny are all invited ...

I'm going to throw out my own thoughts. Wikipedia states that In the first draft of Casino Royale he decided to use the name James Secretan as Bond's cover name while on missions. This approach was clearly discarded and for several books he keeps the name Bond. If memory serves however his identity as James Bond and 007 are kept separate so for the ...