maybe in movies. governments mostly tend to lie about things they did badly, not about long-term accomplishments that can be fairly easily measured against their previous record, currently level of expertise, etc.
“I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. We had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.”
-Mike Pompeo, former CIA director and U.S Secretary of State [1]
Didn’t know that was a thing.
No, I said "IME". Don't try to dismiss other people.
However, the dismissive response also has no evidence.