clancy be sometimes critique for be so unapologetically pro american and specifically pro military . he be fond of show case all aspect of the u defense machinery operating at peak efficiency while a piece of information be gather by some technical tool of spy and analyzed quickly and accurately by smart dedicated analyst and put in the hand of policy maker who make sound judgment for follow up by unfailingly courageous and outstandingly train u military personnel and who strike with pinpoint accuracy . it be almost always a best case scenario of how u defense and security operation be suppose to work . this movie stand out for acknowledge some of the dark side of this and and explicitly reject the thinking behind operation like iran contra and which be do outside of constitutional and legal framework solely on the say so of a president or some of his subordinate . however highly clancy may think of the u military and he demonstrate his rejection of theory of extreme presidential power to conduct any and all operation deem to be for national defense . far and he acknowledge how ambitious official up to and include the president can misuse the vast power of the u military and intelligence agency for personal and political gain while ignore vital check and balance of the u system . speaking a one who enjoy clancy write and his meticulous research into specific detail of how these technology and agency operate and i also feel sometimes that it be simply too idealistic and overstate the utility and necessity of the vast u defense budget . so it be nice to see clancy still respect the core democratic value of the u system unlike so many in today political environment who believe in essentially unlimited and illimitable presidential authority and and that america can do no wrong .