I think one of the important things is that politicians have a fundamental role of informing their constituents, but informing their constituents includes security matters.
I've had, I don't know how many times over my years as a General, and also in the Senate, politicians telling me, “We don't get elected on security matters. We don't get elected on military subjects or foreign policy.” However, you can certainly fall and certainly be held accountable to the electorate if they're really ugly about it.