"Well, the good news is that we've actually got a lot of flexibility for the cult's aesthetics. Really depends on what virtues you want to instil in the workforce: quiet fatalism, loud risk-taking, manic anti-intellectualism, elitist snobbery..."

"The mechanism will be the same, deep down, old multi-level marketing techniques, internal competition, self hypnosis. Well researched techniques. Not widely used for a reason, outside of Slam! *click* - part of the budget will be headhunting some of their experts. It'll buy you another five years of operational agility on cheapskate internal affairs departments before you get new and interesting problems. That's about the point where the true believers start filtering into leadership positions and it stops being a thing you can turn off."

She picked out a black folder, paper hardcopy, a red tab indicating this was shocklight paper. Once that folder was opened the ink would start a chemical reaction with the air until the whole thing dissolved into unreadable muck.

"But, while I'm giving you options, here's the domestics black ops budget summary. It's been run down a lot but I've done my best to preserve certain capabilities. In particular, I've kept the Jade Chamber operational - an internal investigative and audit branch. They're currently on an organizational stability and law enforcement assignment, but they can be assigned to investigate and prosecute a specific individual or branch if you think there's something rotten. Just - use with discretion, ma'am, they're doing vital work where they are. I'll take my leave now, and I look forwards to your decisions."

Subtext: This is a weapon. It can be used to attack and destroy political rivals. The Jade Chamber is Lhotse's equivalent of the FBI of old - a cross-agency investigative force. Few people can stand up to scrutiny that intense, even if they are a rare soul with nothing to hide.

Also important is what's not there. Internal tools for assassination, propaganda, brainwashing, cybernetic backdoors, and various other secret police functions have either not been built or been allowed to atrophy. Your tool for internal repression is an eye and not a knife. 

Additional subtext: This is the branch that would have overseen [i]your [/i]background check before your name went up for the top job. There's a note on it under 'previous operations'. No investigation into the death of your predecessor listed though. There's a lot you could read into that if you had a supicious mind.