smithruff

Yes--the reason they could blackmail you is because if it were revealed you were homosexual, you would lose your job. So it is absolutely circular: The only reason you were vulnerable to blackmail was

Right--of course, it was circular reasoning--homosexuality was a security risk, because it made you subject to blackmail, because you could lose your job over it.

Ugh--this is the article that won't die. Until pretty recently--just a few years ago--any admission of homosexality or homosexual activity would automatically preclude you from a security clearance.