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Len, I'm going to disagree with you here and back Supe.

And yes, I will be seeing a shrink and hopefully getting meds tomorrow.

I think that once you get above civil service/grunt level in most federal departments, you get into the realm of "true believers". In the EPA, for example, I believe that most of them believe they are doing God's--I mean humanity's work by pushing ever restrictive and nonsensical restrictions down our throats. They believe they are saving the planet from people. I think the DOE, DEA, DOA, etc. are similarly staffed (though their cause du jour is different).