nogrey a lot of us would query GB and SB's interactions with NI/SB - but it's the same for all of them (politicos and police). nothing excuses how they were "outed" wrt FB's medical condition.
imho, i think you cannot legislate for whether or not people are friends across different professions. i actually don't mind if politicos, police and hacks go for a beer together. i do mind if those relationships have a detrimental impact on our country, though. if they are not grown up enough to act responsibly and maintain the chinese walls between who they know and what they do then frankly they don't deserve to be in positions of power and authority.