>Thoughts on rats jumping ship:

DS: "You will be rich and powerful and protected beyond your wildesssst beliefssss"

Recruit: "Sounds good, sign me up! HAIL SATAN did I do that right?"

DS: licks chops "Very good. Yesssss. Very good indeed."

–20 years later or something–

Everything's great in DS land, everyone's happy

Epstein: "Oh shit! I'm caught! Uh, uh… guys? UHH—- lil help guys? I'm super fucked here!"

DS: "Yes, I hear you, dear ally. I have the perfect sssssolution. Ssssstand by, friend. Freedom issss on the way…"

Epstein: AAAACCKKKKKGGGHHRRRRRRGGHHHHH KAAAAAAAAHHHH! HRRRNNNNNNGHHHHHHHHH FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFHRNNNNNNNGHHHHHHH HRRRnnnngghhhh rrrrrrrmmmmmmmmbbb mmmmmm hmm mm zzzzzZZZZZ……

DS: "Yesssss. Thissssss will do. ANYONE ELSE WANNA GET CAUGHT??? HUH?? MOTHER FUCKERSsssss???? GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT FUCKIN HAPPENSsssssss"

–Enter USMIL + MILINT–

USMIL: Kicks down door "EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW- DON'T FUCKIN MOVE- YOU MOTHER FUCKERS BETTER NOT FUCKIN MOVE- I SAID GET ON THE FUCKIN GROUND slam CLEAR! clear! CLEAR SERGEANT! CHECK THE BASEMENT! GET BACK ON THE FUCKIN GROUND YOU SICK FUCK slam I'LL FUCKIN SHOOT YOU RIGHT NOW YOU HEAR ME"

[insert bad guy's name, who's now in custody here]: ((I thought we were protected. This doesn't look like we're getting away with everything, this looks like we're fucked!… Fuck this, I'm not getting the wall! That was supposed to be for them!!! FUCKKKK!!!)) "IT WASN'T ME"

A rat was born.

I bet that's happened to at least 10% of those captured. That estimate seems low af. The DS is scary, but so is USMIL.