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Originally Posted by MajorHands
This is a chicken and the egg scenario. There is no contention that he wasn't good at his job and no indication that he ever compromised any missions in any way. At the same time, maintaining his prominent position might have lead him to do so if a foreign operator caught him and tried to leverage him. We will never know if he would have caved or not. Aside from losing his career, it seems like he will be okay with a guaranteed income of 98K per year for life. I'd like to think if he were approached for blackmail that he would have told them to fuck off.
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The chicken and the egg bit is that the military response is justified because of the stigma attached to the behavior, but without the stigma, there would be no threat of compromise. The underlying problem is the external judgement of others.