The bureaucrats resigning isn't the story--as the linked article explains, they're required to resign. The story is that they actually left. Apparently nobody knows yet if they left voluntarily or were kicked out.
Of even greater interest is the fact that the story is about only six people, and how their departure will supposedly be so terrible for the State Department. it's entirely possible that the reporting on the effects are an exaggeration, of course. Government bureaucrats have very little credibility, the mainstream media is no better, and everyone quoted is careful to use wording which, while suitably alarming, is also very vague.
If they're actually being honest and not exaggerating the effects, though, I don't think they've entirely thought through the consequences of telling the world that you can cripple a large chunk of the US government by taking out six people.
Of even greater interest is the fact that the story is about only six people, and how their departure will supposedly be so terrible for the State Department. it's entirely possible that the reporting on the effects are an exaggeration, of course. Government bureaucrats have very little credibility, the mainstream media is no better, and everyone quoted is careful to use wording which, while suitably alarming, is also very vague.
If they're actually being honest and not exaggerating the effects, though, I don't think they've entirely thought through the consequences of telling the world that you can cripple a large chunk of the US government by taking out six people.