Mike Pompeo stepped into C a position first because it gave him access to the intel on all the other nations he has to work with. It was Educational. Plus he was able to use his background on the intelligence committee knowing inside information on fellow congressional collegues.
For example, SA just arrested a bunch of peeps for fraud last week. Pompeo just met with sA last week. Countries are working together to clean the world
This article from January explains a lot. Goldsmith has a lot of opinion in the piece but good insight. Anons should read it. Intel into Horowitz
https:// www.lawfareblog.com/independence-and-accountability-department-justice