in case this has not come up yet. The Senior Executive Service [SES] is basically a roster of the deep state execs that rotate through all the various top positions, contribute little, receive huge $$, don't get voted in, and in essence can't be fired.

Noteworthy right on their own site it describes the SES as the KEYSTONE of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. How many times has Q told us to find the keystone?

https:// www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/

Relevant YT vid provides far more details than I can recall exactly. General takeaway was that about 8000 of the current 9000 (ish) were appointed by BHO, who also strengthened the SES in a Dec_2015 exec-order.

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlRIxkVTyeA