The agents active at this exhibition and the complex, secret exchanges of interests behind it were not within His consideration. But without His permission, Victoria Hand could never have used Vanessa's identity and network of connections to operate an intelligence network, because Vanessa had certain ties to His mortal identity. This was merely an inconspicuous link in the intelligence network Victoria Hand of the Legal Department had set up. More important work, such as wiretapping diplomats or listening in on the German chancellor's phone, which the United States CIA was itself monitoring, was where the Legal Department truly needed to focus.
Some of the work of the Legal Department Intelligence Department and the Sacred Guard Intelligence Department could almost be described as fishing from other people's buckets. After all, Thumbelina had originally been developed for the CIA and the Department of Homeland Security, and the access permissions granted through its ports were not so easily revoked—an information surveillance system beyond control was an extremely fatal problem. No one knew whose hands the information that should have been controlled by the Intelligence Department might fall into, nor did anyone know how much information belonging to their own Intelligence Department the other side possessed. Thus, no one would voluntarily suggest revoking port permissions or investigating the users of the information surveillance system.
Political struggles also existed within the Intelligence Department, and no one wanted their mistakes at work to be discovered. Rather than suffer losses after an error was exposed during their tenure, it was better to throw the problem to the next person in office, or simply wait until after retirement and use the revolving door to get a job on Wall Street, with no fear of internal investigations causing trouble. The purpose of internal investigations was not to find things,