Wouldn’t state secrets be more secure if the deviants were made public? As long as they remain unnamed they’d be subject to blackmail. OTOH, I can see that the Agency might cut a deal with them: you’re out of here under condition you keep your mouth shut. Then again, the secrets they’re protecting may be of more concern to the security of the deep state than to that of the nation.
What a mess. Please remind me: didn’t we created these institutions to protect against tyranny?
During the 1980s, Reagan's Justice Dept was criticized because the FBI refused to hire homosexuals. The FBI's reason: gays were subject to blackmail.
Gay lobby's retort: Legalize us, so no one can blackmail us.
Ironically, today "homophobes" are subject to blackmail. An FBI agent who made an anti-gay remark 20 years ago risks losing his job.
We've gone from enforcing traditional values, to tolerance, to enforcing gay pride.