section 31 was really like we are a top secret organization and our machinations must go unseen and unheard and unknown to maintain our power. let’s tell julian “dr. gossip” bashir about it
Julian “The spy just talked to me so I better run to ops and tell everyone” Bashir
sloan: the truth is, doctor, we need a man like you. a man with superior abilities and a lifelong intimacy with secrets and deception, a man who values the greater good above all and understands the value of keeping his true power hidden to achieve i–
bashir: (already spacing out thinking about how he’s going to tell sisko and garak and miles and kira and dax all about this as soon as sloan leaves and then garak is going to tell odo who’s going to tell quark who’s going to tell morn who’s going to tell everyone else he encounters and miles is going to tell keiko who’s going to tell data who’s going to tell picard and kira’s going to tell the bajoran government and odo again and odo’s going to tell the great link and dax is going to tell worf who’s going to tell martok who’s going to tell gowron and sisko’s going to go into his office to brood about it)