http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/29/how-rex-tillerson-destroying-state-department-215319

The guy writing this piece, Max Bergman, seems genuinely shocked that Tillerson is decimating the State Department. Another interesting thing is that he uses the phrase "rising stars" which was what Kay Griggs called them (the pedo elite rank & file)

The deconstruction of the State Department is well underway.

I recently returned to Foggy Bottom for the first time since January 20 to attend the departure of a former colleague and career midlevel official—something that had sadly become routine. In my six years at State as a political appointee, under the Obama administration, I had gone to countless of these events. They usually followed a similar pattern: slightly awkward, but endearing formalities, a sense of melancholy at the loss of a valued teammate. But, in the end, a rather jovial celebration of a colleague’s work. These events usually petered out quickly, since there is work to do. At the State Department, the unspoken mantra is: The mission goes on, and no one is irreplaceable. But this event did not follow that pattern. It felt more like a funeral, not for the departing colleague, but for the dying organization they were leaving behind....

Max Bergmann is now (big surprise!) at Center for American Progress specializing in US/Russia relations.

https://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/bergmann-max/bio/