Regarding the OPM hack, the agency’s boss–I’d call her an OPM hack, but that would be confusing–offers the new motto of the U.S. government: “I don’t believe anyone is personally responsible.” We need to translate that into Latin and carve it into the Capitol dome in four-foot-high letters.

IRS criminals using the revenue agency as a political weapon? Nobody personally responsible. Former secretary of state violating a half-dozen laws and regulations with her secret email server? Nobody personally responsible. Federal agencies full of people who do nothing but watch porn all day? Nobody personally responsible. Diplomats massacred? Confidential records leaked to left-wing advocacy groups? Evidence-tampering? EPA paying out a half-million dollars in improper bonuses? Nobody personally responsible.

Who was the last man in the federal government to act like he was personally responsible for something? Teddy Roosevelt?