“What are we going to do with Brukhanov?” the new director asked his chief engineer. The two men decided to invent a position for him: deputy head of the Industrial-Technical Department, a sinecure in a back office where he could be kept busy while he awaited his fate. They both knew it was only a matter of time before he would be called to answer for his crimes.
aha, a similarity - put them in a position where they can cause limited harm - until charged or retired.
