As I Was Saying About Oversight

Last week I mentioned the fake news conference FEMA held during the California wildfires, where staffers posed softball questions to a deputy. The man responsible for that debacle, John Philbin, had resigned to take another position with the Director of National Intelligence, in a sense falling upwards. Once the criticism reached a high pitch, that was squashed:

We can confirm that Mr. Philbin is not, nor is he scheduled to be, the director of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Oversight, oversight, oversight. When these guys are out in the open, suddenly they become far less fearsome. That's the key to any successful government; that it operates in public view.