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> they work with sensitive information and it's really important they don't get blackmailed You mean railway station locker codes for bags of money from Quatar

• ben_w 2y ago
  You've quoted two things there, so that's a two-part question. For blackmail I mean e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_research For sensitive information, I mean e.g. a whistleblower has contacted them, or they're working out the finances for next year and there's potential for market manipulation based on the discussions so far, or they're discussing an emergency (health/economic/military) response that will be unpopular with someone no matter what. If you are with your example referring to some specific example of them committing crimes, I refer you to my second paragraph in the original message: > Simultaneously, they need a light shone on their private lives for the same reason they want to do that to the rest of us: to make sure they're not abusing their access to sensitive information, getting blackmailed, or otherwise being nefarious.