This slippery slope will not end well and will likely damage the intelligence community's ability to collect in the future.
In every pain let this thought be present, that there is no dishonour in it, nor does it make the governing intelligence worse, for it does not damage the intelligence either so far as the intelligence is rational or so far as it is social.
A CIA spokesperson told the BBC on Wednesday: "The American public should be deeply troubled by any Wikileaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence community's ability to protect America against terrorists and other adversaries.
"The American public should be deeply troubled by any Wikileaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence community's ability to protect America against terrorists and other adversaries," CIA spokesman Ryan Tripani said.
25 Moreover, the fluoride can also damage the intelligence of children.
While senior intelligence officials — including James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence — have asserted that the disclosures have significantly damaged the government's intelligence capabilities, the current and former officials were far less sure of the lasting impact.
For instance, it was the private firm SITE Intelligence Group that obtained the first American copy of what is believed to be the latest video from Osama bin Laden, although it seems that government leaks have since damaged the trail of intelligence.
Brexiteers suggest that Britain leaving the EU would not damage the special intelligence relationship with the US.
"I find really that Clapper lying to Congress is probably more injurious to our intelligence capabilities than anything Snowden did, because Clapper has damaged the credibility of the entire intelligence apparatus, and I'm not sure what to believe anymore when they come to Congress," Paul told CNN.
Rumsfeld's decision embittered the American intelligence community, damaged the effectiveness of élite combat units, and hurt America's prospects in the war on terror.
