[Capt. Tom]

The director and his subordinates have became insufferably arrogant Platonic Guardians hiding behind secrecy in the belief that the rest of us are too stupid or naive to judge what risks to accept to preserve liberty and the rule of law.

About half of the American people seem to be clueless about ongoing real events that are in the public domain, I would not expect them to be able to judge what risks to accept to preserve liberty and the rule of law when it comes to hidden threats.
That is why we need a CIA, staffed with people who care about this country. -Tom

[OneWingedShark]

But an agency that acts in the shadows is rather more conducive to corruption.