I can assure you that it played a role in his sentencing and is being brought up because adultery also plays a major role in obtaining and keeping a security cl

I can assure you that it played a role in his sentencing and is being brought up because adultery also plays a major role in obtaining and keeping a security clearance. It is grounds for being stripped of your security clearance as it provides a means for the enemy to blackmail you and coerce you into giving up classified information. Adultery is hardly irrelevant to those dealing with classified information.