On Austin, Occam's razor says it incompetence. What really bothers me is that the SecDef has a ton of aides and none of them ensured that the chain of command was informed? There's usually a lot of redundancy built in.
Bad judgment is a form of incompetence. I don't think there was anything literally criminal, but someone on active duty could face a court martial, in theory.
On Austin, Occam's razor says it incompetence. What really bothers me is that the SecDef has a ton of aides and none of them ensured that the chain of command was informed? There's usually a lot of redundancy built in.
He had aides who knew what his problem was and they kept it quiet. They broke the rules too. Is that incompetence or criminal behavior?
Bad judgment is a form of incompetence. I don't think there was anything literally criminal, but someone on active duty could face a court martial, in theory.