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I cannot understand how an educated and intelligent person with that many years of service had a lapse of good judgment and allowed himself to become a pawn.

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I cannot understand how an educated and intelligent person with that many years of service had a lapse of good judgment and allowed himself to become a pawn.

You gotta figure this guy is really bright to make it through pre-med, med-school, residency, practice, military career, surgical training, etc.

I suspect, though, and I haven't looked at a bio on him, that he must never have commanded. That would have put him in touch.

Beyond that, his innate intelligence should have told him this was a really questionable move on his part.

How do you be around the military that many years and not know this stuff?