[wideawake]

Hopefully, these officers have learned a lesson.

What lesson is that? Learning that they will be second-guessed by idiots when they do their job properly?

[Navy Patriot]

Learning that they will be second-guessed by idiots when they do their job properly?

That's part of it, but the important part was that they did it for Kerry, and got sold out. It was guaranteed, that's the lesson.