He is assisted by Karen, his sister, and Michael, his best friend, both of whom are miffed at having been passed over for the position.
Furious at having been passed over for the top job at the FBI, he further resented Nixon's deploying a rival agency — the CIA — to block the bureau.
Ryan said he understood what Schottenheimer was going through, having been passed over for the Baltimore Ravens job that went to John Harbaugh last season.
Mr Yang will return to his previous role of "chief Yahoo" and will remain on the board; his number two, Susan Decker, having been passed over for the top job, will depart.
On Tuesday, prosecutors read a long narrative that described Sergeant Bales as unhappy with his family, deeply in debt and bitter at having been passed over for an Army promotion.
He resented having been passed over, as he saw it, for the succession to his hero, J. Edgar Hoover, and became angry when the White House started to block the investigation into Watergate.
