The thing with the Head of Spies refers back to page 239, where that exact guy (the one with the blindfold) and councillor Ahry held a secret briefing for the dragoons. That was when they basically got the mission they're now arguing about: kill the Gena if she goes rogue. Which it seems like they (almost) all agree she is going to do now.
To be fair ... she doesn't do a lot to dispell that notion right now.