You're confusing politics with operational excellence. If NSA leadership sets out to do a thing and has the money it's a project execution problem. Nobody gets

You're confusing politics with operational excellence. If NSA leadership sets out to do a thing and has the money it's a project execution problem. Nobody gets their own agenda. They're on the payroll. I haven't done much policy work but if it's anything like non-profit work I'm sure it's infuriating. Nobody is on the payroll (except maybe a few oversubscribed staffers) and they can and will do whatever the hell they want, or nothing, that happens a lot too.