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I feel there's an element in the CIA that's totally OK with Trump being in power, because it means they get everything green-lit (or Trump simply handwaves them gaining semi-autonomy again, like the bad old days). Remember, the years where they could simply launch a completely unauthorized coup in a foreign country are still within living memory, and well within institutional memory, and I'm sure there's enough spooks that absolutely want that sort of power back.
I think it's more like the CIA is just running a completely different game. They wouldn't dare want to bring any attention to themselves. The last thing they want is national scrutiny, even if it begins with the public on their side all it does is open the door for more probes and questions about where their money goes and what they've been doing.
I thought that was within living memory because that shit was still happening right now, and they just tend to declassify shit that's like 50 years old that they don't care about anymore, so that's why we only ever hear about the ones that happened 50 years ago.