It's actually even worse than that. If you're cleared highly enough, "competing states" will actively try to entangle you in these kinds of compromising scenari

It's actually even worse than that. If you're cleared highly enough, "competing states" will actively try to entangle you in these kinds of compromising scenarios, expressly for the purpose of maneuvering you into a position where you can be blackmailed. One age-old example is the classic espionage "honey trap": https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/03/12/the-history-of-the-honey-trap/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/03/12/the-history-of-the-hone...