&gt; He&#x27;s not charged with balancing all possible consequences from his requests, and he&#x27;s not going to do so.<p>But ... that seems like quite a level of incompetence for someone trusted with the position of Head of the CIA?<p>By which I mean, not charging him with that responsibility is a mistake (in gov structure), but him actually not doing so is his own incompetence, is it not?