Blackmail: The FBI’s double-standard of concern.
Published by Chief Editor, Sammy Campbell. Researched and written by Mark Pullen. I had a security clearance from the Department of Defense through the '80s. During my briefing for my clearance, they explained how the enemy intelligence services work to compromise people with access to classified information. Blackmail is a leading choice for them. They told me homosexuality wasn't a disqualifier as long as the person admitted their homosexuality on the security form so they couldn't be blackmailed. I was asked if I was a homosexual. I said no. They told no one ever got rich from selling secrets.…