Having confronted Dr. Michael, Maureen Goldman, International Man Of Mystery, 
exclaimed:
 
 MG> Do you think that Garak is modelled on 007 in a sort of skewed
 MG> way?  I can see him as Bond having fallen out of favor, forced 
 MG> to be a tailor.  This also isn't too dissimilar to Steven 
 MG> Seagal's disgraced former Navy SEAL turned cook in "Under 
 MG> Seige" although Garak is considerably less physical. 
     Garak actually would be more at home in the John Le Carre spy 
world.  His novels show spies as less than glamourous, often without any 
moral compass, and having to rely on what few wits they have left than 
on tech gadgets.
     Remember Garak's bemused reaction to the Bond-type fantasy in "Our 
Man Bashir": "I think I joined the wrong service."
                                  Sincerely Yours
                                            
                                  David G. Riess
                                  EchoEvilDoctorWhoCameInFromTheCold
... "I have to see Paris." "I thought you were going to Marseille?"
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