Why? They’re intelligent, crafty and able to make trade-offs.
Empirically, ex-spies have a solid history in reaching commanding positions in politics and business.
Have a great day. =3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg's_stages_of_...
But also gives hope. I mean, it’s rare that adults fail to advance from pre-conventional phases, so it must be super rare to have such a confluence of factors that puts someone like that in the given job.
They’re starting from a position of duty. Given the stakes the questions they’re tasked with operate at, I’d guess they tend to be in the postconventional regime more than most people.
But it's not because someone wants them there. It's because they can demand the position they want.
Zero evidence of this. And if they can demand that position from one, they can demand favors from others. I would count a background in espionage to be a net positive in a hiring process, provided dismissal was on good terms.
The only examples I can think of are Putin and George HW Bush.