We will not recover a lot of the ability to gather intelligence that we lost due to compromised projects. And it will be a while until the NSA feels secure enough that it will take risks to protect the country - as opposed to doing nothing in order to avoid a lawsuit.
As a result, terrorists could have a clean shot at us. I hope that Pulitzer was worth it to Risen.
Do we have any doubt what our enemies were talking about while we could not listen?
I hope a fresh new crater somewhere in America isn't the result of this self-inflicted wound.