You miss the point. It's not that there's an assistant, it's that there's just one assistant reading everyone's mail, they can take all the tit bits to make a

You miss the point. It's not that there's an assistant, it's that there's just one assistant reading everyone's mail, they can take all the tit bits to make a story and they've got a perfect memory. This is one of the many differences between the new and old worlds, the sheer scope of the damage they could reap.