Homosexuality was considered a serious security breach back then. Rightly so as it made them liable to black mail.
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I was stationed in D.C. in the mid 60s and I remember when a queer member of the Johnson administration was “outed”. It was quite the scandal at the time but I cannot remember said queer’s name.
The running joke at the time that was the White House phone number had been changed to “JOhnson 812”.
Walter Jenkins.