But Republicans see these reports as a potential trove of damaging information.

"They give people who want to abuse it potentially damaging information."

Concerns about the release of salacious or damaging information are real.

To be sure, there are times when one has a moral right and duty to reveal damaging information about another person.

He wonders whether to use damaging information about his opponent's wife's abortion.

Can the individual blackmail the nation involved, such that he might release even more damaging information?

Other companies don't like to give damaging information on prior employees.

But in the end, they may not give us the damaging information we want.

"How do you know they have damaging information to give?"

Then a phone call is made by an anonymous woman who claims to Edmund that she has damaging information about his family.