The question was given to us by Strzok himself during his response to Gowdy, when he ranted about context of his text messages. He said "There were multiple layers of people above me, the assistant director, executive assistant director, deputy director, director of the FBI, and multiple layers of people below me, section chiefs, supervisors, unit chiefs, case agents, and analysts. All of whom were involved in all of these decisions. They would not tolerate any improper behavior in me anymore than I would tolerate it in them."