Don't Ask Don't Tell But Also Don't Lie

“Even fending off advances from male cadets can create problems. ‘You can’t say, Sorry guys, I’m gay,’ the senior said. ‘And if I say, I have a boyfriend, I’m breaking the honor code.’ Breaching the Cadet Honor Code-’a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do’-can result in serious discipline.”
–A fascinating look today at how cadets at West Point in the era of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell live like they’re in a Jason Bourne movie. This thing is going to look so crazy in the history books: it could almost be seen as a president’s peccadilloes seeping into official state policy. It’s like Clinton made everyone in the military say, “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is,” for twenty years.