[diverdan]

He clearly violated his terms of security clearance. As a result of his actions, corporate and government regulations have become a real PITA. Beyond personal grief, he set back some important programs that have in fact improved international security. The ignorance of terrorists and thieves is a good thing for the good guys. Unfortunately, these groups have a lot of youngsters who are real digital wizzes and use the digital highway for propagation of terror. Their influence has been far more effective than any electronic eavesdropping deterrence the good guys have been able to accomplish. There is way more information out there for the picking by the bad guys than any of us want. I'm sorry his life is permanently messed up, but even more disappointed by some of the loss of international security. Yes, it is real. Lives will be lost and billions more spent to fend it off. Personally, there is even false information about me that can be traced back to U.S. government offices.