This is not a cynical enough point of view. Right now, the intelligence community pays attention to the opinions of Congresspeople and other officials, and runs

This is not a cynical enough point of view. Right now, the intelligence community pays attention to the opinions of Congresspeople and other officials, and runs operations to monitor their activities and weaken (or strengthen) their power or influence. US intelligence agencies are political entities masquerading as law enforcement, and their motivations are largely internal, rather than controlled by the executive (as we saw during the Trump years.)