[rjsimmon]

So why did Trump appoint them?

He didn't. They are remnants and POTUS has no inputs to that layer of employment.

No, they work at the pleasure of POTUS.

Distinction without a difference. We in the IC work FOR the DoD, the NSA, the DoJ, and the POTUS.

[semimojo]

They are remnants and POTUS has no inputs to that layer of employment.

Huh. And here I thought all along that the President got to appoint the leaders of those agencies.

You can bring up Comey and Brennan but what about Pompeo, Coates, Wray, Rosenstein and all of the other heads Trump appointed who share in the IC's assessment?

Or is it that no true Scotsman doubts DJT?

[semimojo]

Distinction without a difference.

I think I see your problem.

I realize that you may not care but I want the members of the IC loyal to the country, not to the President.