I always believed that, but recent events ( mostly since Trump) have made me think that isn't totally true. Strozk and Page and a lot of the agents involved in whitewashing the laptop story, the Clinton server debacle and the Russian collusion and censoring social media sites, were just regular agents. Not higher ups. And it's a pretty safe bet the vast majority of them are going to obey the commands of their leaders even if they know what they are doing is illegal, immoral or anti-American. I mean it's not like James Comey was sitting in a room listening to wire taps of US citizens all day right?