Troll,

now that it has been publicized that these guys are gay, the other side DOES have "no leverage" to blackmail them, 'cause everybody knows.   That's the stupid thing about the U.S. Military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. It CREATES the problem of employees who MUST be secret about their homosexuality, then cans them because they can be blackmailed by people who threaten to reveal the secret! It's not a case, of "oh, well, there it is." It's a case of "why is it there?"

Anyway, why do you just assume a gay person is more suceptible to blackmail? Don't we all have secrets we'd rather not have the whole world know about?