“Early retirement. Plus 6 months severance pay(it’s like a bonus). So most of them will take the money and buy a new home in a new location. “
Read Eric Hoffer’s True Believer. Active men, who believe they are uniquely qualified to shake and to move the world become frustrated, and look to redeem their “ruined” lives with action. Then they join organizations like the SA in Germany, and start killing people. Just a few at first, but later a whole bunch. MOST will be happy to be shut of Washington and politics. But ENOUGH will be hell-bent on giving their now-meaningless lives a new meaning. It can’t end well.
What is your guess what % of FBI agents/supervisors would be willing to give up the FBI’s current political bias? Bear in mind that “biting the hand that feeds them” could have serious consequences for them and their families. It might be impossible for them to leave the plantation, without fixing the entire DOJ. They might have a mutual dependence on the intelligence agencies too. Remember Sally Yates protected the FBI National Security Division from investigations before Trump fired her but I don’t think the FBI ever undid the damage.