"3). Why Tom Ridge as the head of the new department? He has NO intelligence gathering experience. He is a politician. Sounds like a bad choice to me..."
Because Cabinet-level officials are intentionally chosen to not be wedded to the system that's already in place. They are there to reflect the Administration's agenda, and are not supposed to be part of the civil servant portion of the department. Why not Tom Ridge? He has experience being in charge of a number of different agencies (I'd imagine they have them in Pennsylvania)... seems like as good a choice as any. Who would you pick instead?
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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