I beg to differ. As long as “Laura” is not employed by the fools in the CIA/NSA/FBI, then they have no way to tell her what to do and (more alarmingly) what to *not* do. She’s going to go where her common sense and language skills take her, untrammeled by the political correctness that pervades our security agencies now.
The CIA has proven themselves to be worse than useless since 9/11. And before 9/11 too. Matter of fact, since the Church hearings in the early 70’s, the CIA hasn’t been good for much at all except frittering away their black budget.
Given a choice between a single person like Laura or a collection of Ivy-league pinheads on the government dole like the CIA, I’ll take Laura.
Something is that no one has touched on is that when people volunteer for things like this, they feel great about it.
Pay them, make them provide a product or service and they no longer feel so good about doing it. And they won’t continue with the high quality they once had as a volunteer.
Funny, isn’t it?
Having worked for places where "not rocking the boat" is more important than getting anything done, I heartily agree with you