Either that or he’s implying that some of the politicians you or I might like would be among those revealed to be unethical/treasonous/etc. Which brings us back to the same response–yes, please hold them accountable! I’d love to know if I’m supporting a terrible person, so I can stop.

My read of the Red Scare era (McCarthy) is that while what we want is accountability, what we get is a low-trust environment in which both good and bad people are thrown in to the shredder, to the benefit of mostly bad people who hold the fear cannons.