has it been known in real life for fbi agents to make the bad decisions that have been made in this show:

Season 1. Van Alden letting his partner drive that star witness alone after already getting suspicions that agent Sepso was on the take

Season 4 Agent Knox going around to eli's and talking to family

This season. That de-Angelo sending/rushing Eli and Van Alden into to rob ledgers with only newspaper in moneybag