Sounds like this might be slander and harassment. Hope he sues the pants off the Corp. that has blackballed him.
There a lot of very cruel people in the world who get off on the power to ridicule and hurt other people with a job hanging over their heads. This is what amoral humanism produces in business. There is not a void as humanists proclaim. Either a business has ethical standards or evil will fill the void.
Sounds to me like McCreight and BAE Systems are in a bad spot in most legal jurisdictions. Of course, we have selective justice in this country now so this will probably just go away.
Maybe some hiring manager who has not been castrated by the HR department can use his brain and judgement to hire Sgt. Meyer.
Taking a lead from Thumper Rabbit, we have a policy here at Sunny Brook Farm Co. in regards to references, “If you can’t say sumthin’ good don’t say nuthin’ at all.”