That's a rather short-sighted (I won't say 'idiotic' ) view.

After all, the man derives his power (whatever power that may be) from somewhere. And if you believe that a democratic republic still does exist in America, the fountainhead of that power is the American people (Harry Truman's desk sign to the contrary).

But to summarize so far, your evidence that Kip Hawley is an idiot is that he runs an agency beset with problematic and often contradictory goals? That seems like scant evidence.