There is “the dead woman with Senator Geary and the woman who's machine-gunned with Cuneo”
I was thinking 1. the Geary compromise was Tom's strategy – atoning for not digging deep enough about Geary's true intentions 2. the woman with Cuneo [innocent victim] happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time
Nevertheless you are absolutely right! No justification whatsoever
“It has to be taken as a given that nearly everything these families [including Michael] are doing are being done to civilians”