Thread by @donmoyn, As a professor of public management, I'm interested in how bureaucrats respond [...]

As a professor of public management, I& #39;m interested in how bureaucrats respond to regimes they disagree with. One option they have is to mix exit (quitting) with voice (protest). Haven& #39;t seen it elsewhere, so I& #39;m going to start recording examples of bureaucrats doing this. 1/

Edward Price, Feb 2017: quits CIA protesting Trump& #39;s messaging that the CIA intelligence, including evidence around Russian interference in US elections, could not be trusted. 2/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-didnt-think-id-ever-leave-the-cia-but-because-of-trump-i-quit/2017/02/20/fd7aac3e-f456-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_33">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | I didn’t think I’d ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit.

The administration’s disregard for the intelligence community makes it impossible to serve Trump in good faith.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-didnt-think-id-ever-leave-the-cia-but-because-of-trump-i-quit/2017/02/20/fd7aac3e-f456-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_33

John Feeley, career diplomat incl. Ambassador to Panama, March 2019: quits protesting Trump& #39;s nativist rhetoric, including comments after Charlottesville. (New Yorker profile here) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/28/the-diplomat-who-quit-the-trump-administration">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/... 3/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-could-no-longer-serve-this-president/2018/03/08/f444f086-225c-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | Why I could no longer serve this president

I could no longer work as an ambassador under a president whose values did not mesh with my own.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/28/the-diplomat-who-quit-the-trump-administration

Chuck Park, State Dept, August 2019: protests Trump& #39;s anti-immigrant policies. Argues that the "Deep State" resisting the President is a myth. Instead there is a “Complacent State” implementing Trump& #39;s policies, even if they hold moral qualms. 4/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-can-no-longer-justify-being-a-part-of-trumps-complacent-state-so-im-resigning/2019/08/08/fed849e4-af14-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | I can no longer justify being a part of Trump’s ‘Complacent State.’ So I’m resigning.

The rank-and-file serving this president should be named and shamed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-can-no-longer-justify-being-a-part-of-trumps-complacent-state-so-im-resigning/2019/08/08/fed849e4-af14-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html

David Rank, career diplomat, acting Ambassador to China, January 2017: resigned after Trump withdraws from Paris accords. "I worry about the denigration of expertise at a time when a complex world demands it more than ever." 5/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-resigned-from-the-foreign-service-after-27-years/2017/06/23/6abee224-55ff-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | Why I resigned from the Foreign Service after 27 years

I couldn’t be involved in leaving the Paris agreement. But I hope my former colleagues stay.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-resigned-from-the-foreign-service-after-27-years/2017/06/23/6abee224-55ff-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html

Jonathan Kravis, career prosecutor, DOJ, May 2020: resigns after political interference into prosecution of Trump& #39;s political allies: "the department again put political patronage ahead of its commitment to the rule of law." 6/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/11/i-left-justice-department-after-it-made-disastrous-mistake-it-just-happened-again/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

Opinion | I left the Justice Department after it made a disastrous mistake. It just happened again.

Justice, except for the president's cronies?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/11/i-left-justice-department-after-it-made-disastrous-mistake-it-just-happened-again/

Latest Threads Unrolled: