Spot on

Beir Smarmer says it’s incredible that no one told him that the Madelsleaze had failed his security vetting. And for once, he’s dead right. So incredible, in fact, that no bugger believes it.
● Bier’s alternatives now are that 1. He’s lying and 2. He’s so pointless that no one at the F.O. bothers to tell him anything as it’s a total waste of their time.