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>The system is working, and we should appreciate the dedication of the people making it work -- by checking the president's autonomous power. No, the system wa
by hueving 10y ago
>The system is working, and we should appreciate the dedication of the people making it work -- by checking the president's autonomous power.
No, the system was absolutely not designed for departments under the president's control to leak information and participate in insubordination. The checks and balances are between the 3 branches of government, not within a single branch.
It's akin to military personnel not liking a decision their general made and leaking the plan to force it to change.
- slavik81 10y agoOne of the quiet principles of leadership they apply in the military is: only give an order if your men will follow it. The reality is that leaders only really have power due to their followers. A few dissenters you can deal with, but if most of your followers are deeply opposed to your orders, then the limitations of your power will be exposed.
- codeonfire 10y agoThe intelligence agencies are not under "the presidents control". They are authorized and funded by congress. They exist to provide intelligence to various congressional committees like the senate intelligence committee.
- wang_li 10y agoAll of the government is funded by congress. But that doesn't change the fact that the defense agencies, the civil service, the intelligence agencies, etc. are all executive branch departments and are under the control of the president. The way the government and civil service are supposed to work is that the country expresses its wishes via elections and the representatives elected set the policy and create laws. The civil service's purposes is to enact those policies and laws. What they don't get to do is set their own policy or create their own laws (yes, they do get to create some regulations but only within the scope outlined by congress.)