re: #31 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

In a hierarchical structure where power flows from the top down, responsibility goes right back to the top, so yes, they were covering their own asses.

Which is what makes the attempts at cover-ups so comical if they generally weren’t so tragic, because systems that demand absolute loyalty to the guy above you make it hard as fuck to blame the guys below you when some major scandal goes public.