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This paragraph sums things up about as well as one can, in describing ALL of WADC and how it really operates - - except I think Trump is actually, really and truly, trying to change it. He needs the extra 4 years upcoming to do it, though. It's a quagmire that will take time to un-do. It's been a long time in the making, as you can see when you read the article. Good stuff here.
"Horowitz’s real assignment was not to investigate, but to cover up the crime, which he did by finding that the FBI made a large number of “mistakes” that the FBI director promises new controls in place to prevent in the future. Thus Horowitz did his job. He converted crimes into “mistakes.” That is the way Washington works."