Can an effective intelligence chief remain a good person?

Can a good intelligence chief also be a good person?

In theory, but the necessary deception and harmful choices make that very difficult in practice.

An intelligence chief could be good in theory. In practice, the role requires authorizing deception and other harmful acts in the name of a larger objective. Maintaining a clean moral identity would demand an extreme degree of psychological separation from those decisions. The answer sharpens the video's refusal to turn Canaris into either a simple hero or a simple villain.