You're right, anon. So the 17th day of October or 17 days from the drop on Friday?
Climate within the FBI as another anon noted lb: >>3388922
Maybe the initials represent the specific department the surveys are from?
Wouldn't be surprised if there was grooming going on though...
The dark part of my mind wonders if they used the surveys to separate the "defiant" rank-and-file (read: independent-minded) from the "obedient" rank-and-file (read: slave-minded).