You get the impression that after 9-11...with so many new positions created in the FBI, Homeland Security and Secret Service...they basically went through all the four-star potential recruits...then got down into the three-star recruits...and then hired some less-than-marginal two-star recruits...pressing some them up into management positions.
It kinda reminds me of the NBA...where so many teams are loaded with less-than-talented people and you ask yourself why you’d pay $75 for a decent ticket?
Not only hiring lesser candidates but factor in the obvious morale issue working for a administration you know really hates you and your country. It has to be worse than working for Slick Willy and Malificent.