I think in the Venn diagram you're proposing, there's a lot of overlap. However, I think it's useful to look at this with a more objective lens in that these C

I think in the Venn diagram you're proposing, there's a lot of overlap. However, I think it's useful to look at this with a more objective lens in that these CIA employees are doing a job and that they also report to somebody and what that bog-standard relationship looks like. I think understanding how that fairly boring dynamic works in every federal agency may possibly help explain the behavior you're observing more than anything. There's really no great mystery to it.