they don't need it. despite the name, "intelligence" services are less about collecting, compiling, and verifying information than they are about creating narratives that make the world conceivable to the masters of empire. MKULTRA was a waste of money but it was pursued because we wanted to believe it was possible. torture has been repeatedly shown not to work, but it was of critical importance to the war on terror. and now we're having hearings over Havana Syndrome and UFOs because the spies can't accept that they're in the post-post-game, they unlocked all the achievements, and there's nothing left to do.