Why? You could just hire a non-ex-goverment employee to do that. At least they won't come with the ideological baggage that would prevent them from engaging in

Why? You could just hire a non-ex-goverment employee to do that. At least they won't come with the ideological baggage that would prevent them from engaging in sabotaging their own government. Also you paint the picture of these officials as self-serving turncoats. It might be true of some but I find it hard to believe that it is an acceptable generalisation.