Novak's loyalty is to his gravy train. Name on of Bush 43's policies he has supported. Novak has been in the Beltway for nearly 50 years, how does he swim so freely in that environment without having some stockpile of secrets?
Back to Powell. go back to all reports of infighting between Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice and Powell. Powell knew he wouldn't be serving a second term. Elementary.
Absolutely. The CIA, FBI, and Justice Departments may be the most important, but there are problems at every other bureaucracy too. The Department of Education should simply be dissolved.
Foggy Bottom has always been pretty dismal, but I agree that Colin Powell didn't even attempt to improve it.