CYA, he was right. When a "room" makes decisions nobody can be held accountable, they like that. They also don't take their jobs seriously knowing they can't be blamed, only the "room" can.
Just listened to the exchange between SS director and Ted Cruz. All he could spout was that decisions were all “collective,” and therefore no individual is responsible.
Disgusting that taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars are squandered like this.