Short version: The processes of applying for a job at a Creepy-Spooky Agency, getting hired by a C-SA, and getting ahead at a C-SA are all biased toward people with "more is better" attitudes toward doing creepy & spooky stuff. And biases against any sort of pesky oversight for such stuff. Let alone telling the truth about doing such stuff, or the actual public utility of it.
Short version: The processes of applying for a job at a Creepy-Spooky Agency, getting hired by a C-SA, and getting ahead at a C-SA are all biased toward people with "more is better" attitudes toward doing creepy & spooky stuff. And biases against any sort of pesky oversight for such stuff. Let alone telling the truth about doing such stuff, or the actual public utility of it.