More likely the hand(ler)s put a stack of papers in front of them to sign and give them a pen to sign on the Xs, no questions asked.

The politicals aren't the brains or the hands -- they're just the face and aside from knowing they're working for the bad guys, they probably don't actually know all that much about how all the pieces connect.

They just know they're making bank and they're protected and that's all they care about. That's how I see them anyway. Maybe I am underestimating them, but they seem like actors. Superficial and trivial. They don't like being bothered off stage because off stage is their real life. That stage shit is just their job.