It is what it is, but I wouldn’t say mediocre. It was quite radical to shift the focus from Superman to Kent, and to make Lois essentially the protagonist.
Be realistic. Someone who engages in behaviour more likely to result in kompromat and who has opaque financial arrangements is completely unsuitable for classified work.
Transactional personalities like this present a security risk. Multiple irregular streams of income make it easier to hide bribery. There may be more willingness to sell secrets. Such behaviour particularly if it goes into sexual relationships can lead to blackmail even if the subject is unwilling to divulge secrets for money.
It is a major security risk. Someone who sells a relationship for large sums of money is more likely to agree to sell secrets for large sums of money. Then questions need to be asked where this money is going. She allegedly claimed sugar daddies paid off her college loans. What else did they pay for. Who has financial influence over her. She sought to conceal this from her employer, which is a crime. I doubt she paid taxes on the income either.
She has a transactional personality, is comfortable deceiving DHS, is in the process of committing a crime and has opaque finances. This all points to her being a textbook target for approach by foreign intelligence or anyone who wants information.
It is what it is, but I wouldn’t say mediocre. It was quite radical to shift the focus from Superman to Kent, and to make Lois essentially the protagonist.