The “Keep Working” Alibi

Blogging at PJ Media, the often-quoted Jim Treacher turns a couple of neat phrases concerning the women who worked with sexual predators Kevin Spacey and Matt Lauer and claimed to, in the words of Sgt. Shultz, “know nothink ... nothink!” Treacher writes:

Even if it didn't happen to them, even if they didn't witness it personally, they had to know what was going on. It's called an "open secret" for a reason. But they kept their mouths shut because they wanted to keep working. And now they're claiming they had no idea, because they want to keep working.

Don’t we call their silence “enabling?” Maybe “abetting” would be closer to the mark?