Read "This is how they tell me the world ends".
Or let me sum it up for you. The government doesn't have the money to employ top security experts and top security experts don't actually want to work for the government.
Sometimes, top security experts often can’t work for the U.S. government even if they do want to due to being ineligible for security clearance from checks notes gender and sexuality mistrust, non-zero drug usage lifetime to date, formerly grayhats, have ever sought mental health care, and/or anti-authoritarian viewpoints.
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To be fair, the track record for mentally unwell people in positions of trust isn't great.
The track record for preventing people in positions of trust from seeking out mental health care is terrible. It's just brushing problems under the rug and waiting for them to turn rancid. Don't interpret not seeking help as the nonexistence of a problem, especially if their career depends on it.
Does the Department of Defense still have a clearance disqual for ADHD?
> The government doesn't have the money to employ top security experts and top security experts don't actually want to work for the
To be fair, they had quite a number of security experts on payroll before the current administration laid them all off...