I’m skeptical about a revolt....I’m sure they’ll be furious, but the most important consideration of any government employee is to protect their pension.
Protect their pension... exactly correct.
They also saw what happened to the poor slobs that spilled their guts in the Bengazi testimony. They were crucified and exiled as examples to other little civil service employees who have notions of becoming noble.
Problem is: this isn't so much about pensions as it is about LIVES. The handling of classified information is very high stakes, the kind of stuff people get KILLED over if it's leaked. Hillary was playing JV games with professional killers, people who need to send top leadership the message "secret means SECRET", people who don't just know what closets the skeletons are in but where the anonymous graves are, people who can collapse the system thru inaction alone.