The biggest surprise I took away from the Manning and Snowden revelations was that the "Need to Know" principle is no longer part of the US security community's playbook. Every government and military computer apparently contains everything from nuclear launch codes to the stats of Obama's fantasy sports teams, never mind whether the operator of said computer has any business accessing such information.
The very fact that these low-level staffers were able to do as much damage as they're credited with should have been enough to force a house-cleaning of every affected agency, from the top down.
The very fact that these low-level staffers were able to do as much damage as they're credited with should have been enough to force a house-cleaning of every affected agency, from the top down.