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The goal of the organization is [[extortion]] and [[world domination]]. Organization discipline is notoriously draconian with the penalty for disobedience or failure being death. Members of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. are referred to only by numbers within the organisation, presumably as a security measure.

The commander of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., the [[supervillain]] '''Ernst Stavro Blofeld''', usually appears accompanied by a white [[angora cat]] in the movies (but not in the books). He appears in 5 official James Bond movies as well as ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'', the [[19811983]] remake of [[Thunderball]]. A villain bearing a remarkable resemblance to Blofeld met his demise in the pre-title sequence of 1981's ''[[For Your Eyes Only]]'' but for copyright reasons (see next paragraph) he was never officially named. The name Blofeld was inspired by the father of English [[Cricket (sport)|Cricket]] commentator [[Henry Blofeld]], with whom Fleming went to school.

There is an ongoing lawsuit between [[Kevin McClory]]/[[Sony]] and [[MGM]] over who owns the rights to S.P.E.C.T.R.E. that has been in court since the [[1960s]]. In 1981 [[Kevin McClory]] won a lawsuit against MGM that gave him the go ahead to create a remake of [[1965]]'s ''Thunderball'', which he co-wrote with both Ian Fleming and [[Jack Whittingham]].