

Both of them were trusted by the most paranoid fascist security apparatus in the world to work in their most important overseas diplomatic post, alongside the most high ranking officials of that paranoid fascist state. There was no way either of them were doves.
I wonder how much of this is a result of NPR senior management trying to cozy up to the American government to avoid funding cuts. I mean sure, they were always Nice Polite Republicans, but this is even beyond their normal ghoulishness.