Paul shakes his head. “Please tell me how much longer you would like to complain about this before I can leave and get back to work.” - Curtis C. Chen

How does this organization even function?" I say. "Lasher isn't talking to you, we lost pretty much all of Intel last year, and State's keeping secrets from everyone—"
"This is a spy agency," Morris says. "We're basically state-sponsored professional liars."
I frown. "It sounds pretty unsavory when you put it like that."
"It's the truth. We do secret things every day of the week and twice on Sundays, and we can't talk about most of those things. You either learn to live with it, or you find a new job.

People always think differently of someone who’s been in an armed conflict. Even if she never picked up a weapon. She still picked a side.

That’s what happens when you ask for obedience without granting trust. Zealots need to be micromanaged.