Gina Haspel is the New Coke of the Clowns, which will spur immense dislike, and a public outcry for change.
If you want to clean up The Clowns, you don't pick the person with the dirtiest hands, you pick the person with the bloodiest. Then you pardon her when she confesses publicly, making an example for all of those foot soldiers afraid to come forward. This is leadership. Holding a pardon over the director with bloody hands ensures loyalty to Trump.
My best analysis, in these days of Haspel naysayers.