After the Inquiry, Will Anyone to Take Responsibility for Allowing Foreign Interference in Elections?

Who will fall on his sword after the public inquiry into election interference? Probably everyone has heard of the Japanese samurai practice of “harakiri,” also called seppuku, or “falling on one’s sword.” This action, which apparently dates back to Roman times, refers to a ritual suicide by a soldier for something done wrong.  The phrase is now used to describe anyone, most notably a high-level government official, who resigns after having taken responsibility for a mistake. The latest person to do so is the head of intelligence in the Israeli Defence Forces, Major-General Aharon Haliva, who stepped down after admitting that his team failed to predict or prevent the Hamas attack on southern Israel in October of last year.  This catastrophic event, bigger than 9/11 per capita, is also seen as an “intelligence failure” on the part of the much-vaunted Israeli spy apparatus....