When he was arrested he pretty quickly confessed - he said he wanted to save his wife the embarrassment of a long,drawn out ordeal - but I'm sure the real reason he wanted it over quick is to save himself as much as embarrassment as he could - because he knew all the people he commanded would be seeing these photos eventually!
Seeing that could actually HELP more of his underlings than one might probably suspect.... But, this overall situation somehow reminds me a little bit of Frank Fitts from American Beauty.