[CaptainCrunch]

I would argue that every nation acts in the same way on a diplomatic front, some probably even far worse.

I remember reading a book on international relations where it was described as being a game between two thugs with impeccible language and really nice suits.

Sure the security has be be ravamped and probably be made far more draconian. If anyone ever craves transparency and openess, this whole episode probably ended it as that information will be buried so deep in the need to know vault that it will never be seen again.

And regardless of the security setups, Manning still committed a major crime here, and he's probably going to be the public face of the most severe punishment possible for this kind of theft and disclosure.

But I would assume that a large amount of heads are going to roll behind the scenes.

If the Alderich Aimes episode caused heads to roll, then the hallways in washington are going to be flooded with blood.

And I would bet that its going to be fairly public too.