Re: Zilch?
>why then would they be good blackmail material <
It would be good blackmail material, regardless of morality, because it is a proscribed offence in his organisation(s). His 'employees', both in the Army and in the CIA, would be fired for this behavior.
Regardless of good or bad, he could not continue in his job if this was exposed. That makes it blackmail material regardless of any position held by the 'wider community'
It would be good blackmail material, regardless of morality, if it upset his wife and domestic arangements. That makes it blackmail material regardless of any position held by the 'wider community',
You can argue that the position of the 'wider community' is indirectly responsible, but that argument is so weak as to be almost meaningless. You could just as easily argue that the community takes a moral and ethical stand because of the personal and organisational effects of his behaviour.