There was a program on the radio about either GCHQ or MI5 a while back, interviewing some who worked there, all young people by their voices. They talked about

There was a program on the radio about either GCHQ or MI5 a while back, interviewing some who worked there, all young people by their voices. They talked about it as a job, even the interviewer noted they didn't discuss dealing/mitigating bad stuff like actual bad actors and enemies[0], they liked it as a job, reasonably enthusiastic I guess. What was most obvious to me was they sounded not very smart; they had little insight into a larger role, no deeper questioning of what they were really doing, mainly a nice secure job and that was fine with them. They came over as medium-dull bureaucrats at the start of their career. [0] badly put but I hope it's clear