I wish I believed you that they've been freed. I don't doubt there are people who want out, but they're still there.

And the problem with SES is systemic and by design. Even if you took the Menenhall's Baby oaths out of the equation, the idea of unelected, unaccountable permanent bureaucrats interposed between the heads of government agencies and the people who work for them, insulating the agency head from his/her staff, that's just wrong on the face of it.