I didn’t think you meant that this particular conpirator should be pitied.
This is the tip of the iceberg, and Zero making sure it doesn’t happen in the future is the WRONG answer. Federal prison is the correct answer.
Sacrificing a couple of low level apparatchiks and having an agency head resign, is predictable stagecraft for any regime facing a scandal of this magnitude. They’re merely doing the panic dance at the moment, as they round up all the lawyers and lock all the doors.
The White House staff will soon be boarding up the windows, as the enormity of this thing comes more and more into view. Obama’s tone will lose the underlying arrogance and over-confidence he usually displays, as it becomes clear that he’s surrounded by these emerging scandals, and that they’re quickly closing in.
I very much look forward to watching his minions jump ship to save their own skins, while others rush to spill their guts to avoid long prison sentences.