15-03-2010, 11:20 AM
Why do I find it unlikely that this is the full extent of the story. Perhaps someone should be putting more effort into knowing exactly who in DoD was responsible for supervising this guy, because it sounds awfully like he is being hung out to twist in the wind to me.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14