Or at least, that is the official story. And I no longer believe official stories.
“And I no longer believe official stories.”
No one should. Ever. It’s that simple.
Good point, and I should have considered that possibility.
In a reasonable exam, there should be no cheating, no tolerance of cheating, and no tolerance of any integrity issues. If they were given a closed book exam on "What page of the manual addresses the obscure topic of . . . quote the entire passage verbatim" then it's a leadership issue and may have been intended to produce this result. Either they would fail the nuclear weapons safety exam and be drummed out for incompetence, or they would be drummed out for cheating.
I was too quick to trust FedGov just because it used to be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. I hope I will learn - and that all Americans will learn. FedGov is not worthy of our automatic trust on any issue.