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originally posted by: pteridine
a reply to: PaddyInf
What the guy got was caught. Rightly or wrongly, he is a burned asset and likely has lost all of his inside contacts. He is radioactive and the leakers can't be seen to associate with him. He is now useless as a US ambassador and will likely reappear in a few months in a distant locale.
originally posted by: oldcarpy
originally posted by: pteridine
a reply to: PaddyInf
What the guy got was caught. Rightly or wrongly, he is a burned asset and likely has lost all of his inside contacts. He is radioactive and the leakers can't be seen to associate with him. He is now useless as a US ambassador and will likely reappear in a few months in a distant locale.
Caught doing what, exactly? He was doing his job. Or are you suggesting that being critical of the POTUS is in some way wrong and that he deserves to be punished?
His comments were made in confidence as part of his job. Whoever leaked those comments has caused the damage. He resigned because he could no longer do his job because of this leak. A thoroughly decent thing to do.