ghem-general Dag Benin served Cetagandan Imperial Security and eventually became head of the organization. He was promoted from ghem-Colonel to general as a reward for his job in the theft of the Great Key in Cetaganda, thanks to the influence of grateful haut ladies Pel and Nadina. By the time of A Civil Campaign, he was the head of the organization. His devotion to truth carried him through some extremely dangerous investigations, both in the matter of the Great Key and in the matter of the theft of a thousand haut infants.