A PRESIDENT WITH A YEN to reform the inefficient system finds it almost impossible, because the plane in need of repair is the one the president is flying. When Kennedy came into office, the Bay of Pigs operation was nearly under way. On inauguration day, George W. Bush briefed Barack Obama on an active computer hacking of Iranian missile systems known as Operation Olympic Games.13 Legacy items from the previous administration face every top official throughout the organization before they have a chance to hang a picture of their mother on the wall.
