FBI Internal Survey Shows Morale Was Higher Before Comey was Fired

A newly disclosed internal poll of FBI employees reveals a sharp decline in confidence in the bureau’s senior leadership under Director Christopher Wray, according to an analysis by Lawfare, a legal blogging outlet that obtained the survey results under the Freedom of Information Act. “Across an array of metrics, both at headquarters and in the FBI’s 56 field offices, employees still express high esprit de corps about the FBI itself and their work for the bureau,” the bloggers said in reviewing data from February and March 2018. “But when asked about confidence in the vision of the FBI director, the value of direct communications from him, the honesty and integrity of senior bureau leaders, or respondents’ respect for those leaders, there is a striking drop in confidence from previous years.”