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we don't know - because we don't know how serious a breech. Though a CIA person last night, on one of the news shows indicated there was serious damage done (to intelligence). All we know is it was related to tracking WMD.
So what stories do we know from the last 6 months where this could be a problem. What could this leak of compromised?
Today - NKorea walks away from talks (regarding nukes) - indicating it won't return. The country's economy is in shambles. Will they make money by selling nuke technology... or worse weaponry? Will we have less capacity to monitor the situation with accuracy (and thus try to intervene or stymie/stop such an attempted sale) due to "the leak"?
Five months ago - Iraq. US troops secured oilfields, but we later learned did nothing to secure nuclear energy facilities - was their technology and/or equipment that could be used as weaponry if it falls into the wrong hands? I believe that at the time it was reported there was fear that some looting had already occured. Is our capacity to monitor flow of materials - looking for a change in flow due to a sudden influx of additional materials - diminished? Will we be able to detect such a thing, let alone ... stop it?
Given the seriousness of the stories, I for one would like to know what was put at risk by the cynical political maneuvering of the administraiton - how much greater of a risk does the country face? Why for some is the compromising of national security... a non issue? And for those who want it to drop as a story - would they be aiding and abetting terrorists who are working to get those materials now that the intel might be so challenged that it wouldn't be tracked - aiding by encouraging the administration to pretend nothing serious happened and that there is NO damage control (not spin - but actual damage control) that needs to occur?
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