One thing I don't understand about these kinds of articles is that contrasting statements are often kept paragraphs apart, severely reducing their impact.
This is going easy on the people directly responsible.
> “We’re going to get to the bottom of this and find out what the hell happened, and we’re going to fix it.”
There's no "going to the bottom of this". It was known what would happen a decade before it did, and most of the people responsible were in office for nearly that time. They were warned. They chose to do nothing.
A failure cannot become more complete, yet people still place trust in these individuals?
This is going easy on the people directly responsible.
> “We’re going to get to the bottom of this and find out what the hell happened, and we’re going to fix it.”
There's no "going to the bottom of this". It was known what would happen a decade before it did, and most of the people responsible were in office for nearly that time. They were warned. They chose to do nothing.
A failure cannot become more complete, yet people still place trust in these individuals?