I suspect that one rationale for letting Major Hasan practice psychiatry in the Army, a dearth of suitable alternatives, is at work here as well:
When members of the San Bernardino County Libertarian Party elected Matthew Barnes as the group’s vice chairman for 2010, they knew he was a registered sex offender.
The members of the party that voted for him, they voted for him knowing he had completed his time and his punishment and didn’t want to hold that against him,” said Paul Darr, the county party chairman, who says he’s planning a run for the State Assembly. “He completed his punishment by the state and has been reformed.”
Reformed! Glad to see the LP is claiming the omniscience usually associated with Dems. At least the crimes didn’t involve kids. Oh wait:
Barnes, 41, pleased guilty in 1993 to three countes of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, according to court records. The crimes were committed in the summer of 1987, when Barnes was 19.
(Via NRO Corner.)
