I'm not getting that at all, about Jack seeking public approval for his actions. If he openly admits no regret for those actions, what does it matter what the general public thinks? He simply seems to want the secret operations to be made public, because he feels the public has a right to know. And I get the impression he feels it's not right in some way, that things were done in such an underhanded way.
I definitely DO agree with you about the portrayal of Kurtwood Smith's character. Granted he's onscreen all too briefly for much else to happen, but he's too stereotypically the uptight self-rigthteous senator looking for a fall-guy.
