Whether he was acting director or not is irrelevant. I dont agree with that at all, and Im genuinely wondering how many previous acting FBI directors ever made the media rounds. I doubt its common. When they are done in the job, writing books and and making the media rounds etc makes way more sense. They are no longer part of the administration or currently doing sensitive work etc. in a normal democracy this sort of thing is and should be seen as taboo. Like the political influence is more important than actually, I dont know, directing the FBI.