You are correct Greg. It is like the military. Political people say go here and fight and soldiers do. Then the administration hires merks to fight also. Then the next administration says oops. The cia directors come and go but the guys in the trenches shake their heads. Cia directors were never good at admitting cluster fucks even if it was another administration. Any field agent would say it was wrong and doomed to fail and against the law but admission has to come from a director and that won't happen for political reasons not for common decency or illegal acts. They don't ever apologize even for past sins
Sad for sure