TO HELL WITH AMERICA, eh?
For those individuals remaining...it is a call to arms when the top authority who can determine the direction or end of a professional career says (via his political appointees or highly placed agents), "I don't want to see or hear about" something one deems to be a matter of national security.
50 members of the command who no doubt hold impressive credentials and a high level of credibility say that some failed to respond to that call. That is a very large number and followed to its logical extension, it ought to be the basis for removing the CIC.