I do respect your stand and your actions.
However, anyone who is willing to pay can buy information regarding any number of world events, including military information. Unless they can prove that Burr or anyone else acted only on information they got through secure government channels they must presume they are innocent. Just because you are serving in congress that does not mean you are obligated to neglect your own interests. Now, Burr was and is an idiot, and a fool for thinking his actions would not draw scrutiny. I lost respect for him a long time ago —BUT—he is entitled to presumed innocence. This is the FBI going after the Republican senate, and probably a warning to others.
You are correct and I am very aware of those services.
Just because you are serving in congress that does not mean you are obligated to neglect your own interests.
We expect that people who hold certain jobs in society, especially those who hold positions of trust, to maintain high ethical standards of conduct as their actions reflect on their profession and the public's perception of the institutions they work for.
Being a prominent senator and chairman of a powerful committee Burr has a higher n obligation to avoid the appearance of COI because his behavior reflects on the congress in particular, and on the government in general. Burr knows this because it goes with the territory, so to speak.
I'm all for people pursuing their own interests -- as long as those actions do not cast a shadow over the organizations they work for. Burr and other senators are well compensated and they enjoy extraordinary perks. If his financial interests are that important to him maybe he should be working in another field.
The fact of the matter is that Burr (and others) brought attention to themselves when they executed trades involving significant sums of money in a manner that raised questions about the timing, motivation and perhaps insider information relating to those trades.