I have to wonder...at exactly what point in their attempts to salvage their careers do such LEOs consider themselves bona fide "bad guys?"
Wait: Travis has a Facebook page?
That’s not OpSec!
Never. Not even after Waco 1 or Waco 2.
The human mind is built to rationalize immoral life-decisions.
Even former SS camp guards rationalize that they did the best they could.
And the engineer on the Dachau railroad line said, “If it’s not me, it’ll be somebody else.” (And I’m only a few years from getting a pension.)