I've heard this wild conspiracy theory before, Fox Mulder. You forgot to also blame Putin and Russian hackers for Conrad's decisions to disband rather than fix Viper, Flex, and airport drug interdiction. It was also his decision to announce short-lived task forces that fell apart when the other agencies discovered they were just serving warrants. He spends too much of his time on feel-good events and walking around town like Andy Griffith. His only real defense is that everyone else should have