If each is found guilty, fairness and decency suggests it appropriate to throw the book at each of them.

Gurardian, here and here. Each should have known better. Neither has much of an excuse. Brookings no longer vets its top folks? It is a big disgrace for that institution. This influence peddling appearance is bigger than Hunter Biden's laptop. This is a top rank four-star general, with trust and responsibility. Not a ditz child of a politician.