Secretaries of State are not intended to be authorities on their respective subjects. The decisions they make are typically completely abstracted from any techn

Secretaries of State are not intended to be authorities on their respective subjects. The decisions they make are typically completely abstracted from any technical matters, and they have a wide range of expert opinion to call upon when necessary. You could apply the same criticism to pretty much anyone in a managerial position. I can guarantee you there are high-ranking executives in leading IT companies who have less practical knowledge of computing than the average 13-year-old.