people in that role have developed teams to support their every interest. You do not mention that most are also lawyers. It is daily and trivial to get detailed

people in that role have developed teams to support their every interest. You do not mention that most are also lawyers. It is daily and trivial to get detailed reports, negotiations and status via subordinate teams, in law practice. It is possible that these "old" 65 year olds are responding to power relationships between each other more than your concerns, and money trails that are not obvious more than your concerns, and yes, utterly wrong interpretations of some tech, like every reader here has.. With that said, the course of the Federal govt enacting law is in terrible shape by objective measures. This is not exactly a defense.. but the one-liner "they are old" is not very substantive.