Great fic. I had huge problems with that episode too--mostly stemming from Weir's behavior throughout the seasons; the woman's motivations and actions are all over the map, and it's shitty writing. I have a really, really hard time with the idea that someone who was apparently a negotiator in Bosnia would order a war crime (agonizing over it or not) because that's what she did. I wouldn't have had a problem ordering Kavanagh tortured myself, but I'm ex-military and a little soulless. The version of Weir that the writers usually try to push, she isn't supposed to be like that.

And I agree with you that there should've been some fallout among the scientists. Maybe not as strong as this--because as piplover says above, survival tends to trump everything else--but hell, they should've shown something. It could have set the stage for some great tension about leaders making the hard decisions to save the city and its people.