Sadly, they do think they are.
That particular government agency went rogue over three decades ago, clasping hands with the State Department.
Because “they” all consider themselves so much smarter than everyone else at every level of government...no matter the law, or Constitutionally required checks and balances.
None of them operate under the rigid constraints of the DOD or UCMJ.
Congressional oversight is a joke.
So here we are.
It is nearly unbelievable the amount of oil & gas incidents in WWII. Merchant Marine and other ships hauling fuels, oils that went down. Then there are fixed tank farms, then supply trucks. Spill a fraction of this amount today and the smartest people in the world will tell you the end of the world is near. yet somehow we lived thru WWII.