Specifically, they regularly take an anti-scopolaminergic compound to render their minds opaque to most known forms of telepathy. If they didn't, then Ishan Anjar's jaunt to Betazed during the election campaign might not have been a good idea. When you're hiding a dark secret of that magnitude, a planet full of mind readers is somewhere to avoid... unless you're sure that no-one is going to be able to read you. Think non-treasonous thoughts, think non-treasonous thoughts... Although, it does make perfect sense that people would use these (pre-established) drugs. It must presumably be standard practice for prominent politicians and others in high-profile positions - or those with large amounts of sensitive information floating around in their heads - to take such precautions. Presumably Ishan reading as a blank to any probing telepaths didn't arouse suspicion on Betazed, and was considered normal - probably particularly predictable for a politician whose platform revolves around the need for tight security. There's nothing suspicious about it. If not, then Cort Enaren pulled a Yoda on this one. "The dark side clouds everything, Supreme Chancellor. We have no idea where this Sith Lord is"
Re: Proof: Federation Politicians Are All On Drugs! (Spoilers -The Fal Welcome back, good to see your levels of sanity are still there.
Re: Proof: Federation Politicians Are All On Drugs! (Spoilers -The Fal Even though I thought the Ishan/Velk story was a poor retread of Zife/Azernal, it makes sense that he could get away with it. He most times believed he was Ishan, so any surface thoughts a betazed would pick up aren't going to seem that odd. No one'd be rude enough to do a deep scan on the president so uh, no on the drugs
Re: Proof: Federation Politicians Are All On Drugs! (Spoilers -The Fal 'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds. Although I must say I genuinely smiled at your comment.