The first thing Stone said to Chandra was something about her being a "prop." Since this story is all about meta-references, I don't think it is too much to assume that the writers knew what they were doing when they made her a tool to move the story along. Contrary to the what this article says, I don't think this…

I think you missed on point…the Agency is the CIA. The agent was talking about using a political construct as an "assassin." Marketers don't talk like that. Also, he had the guy's unlisted number, which was another sign that he was an intelligence officer. That's why at the end, Waldo had spread into China, the USs…