Oh, man... This thread is stirring up a 6-year-dormant hornet's nest. I don't think that's really what this news item is about.
The thing that's noteworthy here is that yet again, when a position comes open in the administration, it's given to somebody who demonstrated their loyalty at the cost of performing questionably ethical actions.
We've seen this a lot. We're not outraged anymore. You know, if you beat a dog for long enough, it'll start to act as if it thinks it deserves it. I don't know about you, but America's starting to look a lot like a beaten dog.
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