Pretty much how I feel about that crowd. Ritter isn't worth listening to these days and he's definitely taken a turn, seemingly dating to his brush with the security state near the end of last year (ish) and he's definitely batting his eyelashes at the Trump admin for whatever reason.

I agree with your points about Johnson et. al. Ray McGovern is a little different from the rest of them and he does tend to limit himself to his area of expertise but he's not part of the regular rotation as often as the others.