The point of holding people to account for, say, sharing details of an impending military attack in a group chat isn't just punitive. It's also to send a message — to other officials, to Americans and esp here to our allies — that we recognize it was a bad thing to do. Gift link: wapo.st/41KwEMf
wapo.stOpinion | The point of accountability is to reinforce that bad things are badAnd the lack of accountability means that acceptance of lawlessness will be further embraced by partisans.