This is not a minor leak. The AFT agents involved in the investigation have been OUTED. Their lives can be in danger, knowing the vicious nature of the drug cartels in Mexico. Their investigation certainly has ended whether completed or not and any further information from this opertion is now lost.
This is Bradley Manning whom we already know is required to stand naked while his cell is examined for the safety of his guards as well as himself. We also know a State Department official was dismissed because of comments made in a meeting.
I find the 'double standard' more than interesting considering Rove / Cheney got away with outing a CIA agent. What happens next in the USA intelligence network for sensationism by the RNC and their cronies?
Then there is the issue of USA Troops deloyed in regard to border security.
U.S. Military Doing 'Limited' Drug War Work In Mexico, Napolitano Says (click here)
...During a conversation about the visit to Mexico yesterday by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Napolitano and other top U.S. officials, Robert asked "is there any role, any potential role, for the U.S. military south of the border in Mexico?'
Napolitano said that since Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen were among those in the delegation that went to Mexico yesterday, "you can deduce from that that there are discussions about the proper role for our military."As Robert pointed out, having U.S. military personnel in Mexico is a "neuralgic subject" for many people there....