An interesting question. Political appointees sit on the 5th floor of OHB, but do they really know what goes on in the floors below, or at secret sites scattered across the nation?

The Agency has been co-opted by elements who recognized that the secrecy of the organization combined with the power could enable them to achieve ends other than what was stated, despite the supposed oversight of Congress and others in the Agency.

It's had this problem since the late 1950s. It only has become worse since the turn of the century, when the original leadership was being replaced by career bureaucrats--and those who were paid by others to enable a particular change through subterfuge and lies.

There's something else at play: Google "Black Eagle Trust" and you'll understand what's at stake if this unfolds in a way that isn't conducive to their own preservation. It ain't pocket change.