This latest spectacular security-gate fiasco, which comes as legislation to increase airport security remains stuck in Congress, underscores something that I have been hearing, consistently and with increasingly intensity, from industry officials and security experts over the past six weeks.
In contrast to the shameful practices of most journalists, WikiLeaks has spectacular operational security: encrypted instant messages are used for all real-time communications, strong encryption technology is used to protect files as they are passed between individuals, and servers are hidden using the Tor Project, a popular privacy tool that enables anonymous communication.
It is responsible for the safety and comfort of tens of thousands of officials, which in the higher reaches of Russian public life translates into spectacular luxury and security.Now it is branching out.
A spectacular Franco-German security initiative following the election in Germany, accompanied by a joint message to the Kremlin, would also have the benefit of sending a message to the rest of the EU, particularly to its Václav Klauses: "If you decide to paralyse the union through stubborn ill will, you will only end up excluding yourselves, rather than dictating Europe's fate".
Beyond these security spectaculars, more stealthy changes are underway.
This committee, first established in 1938, was resurrected during this period to investigate people suspected of posing a threat to national security, and spectacular public hearings were held that added to the general state of paranoia.
John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman decided it was time to make his spectacular escape from high-security jail last month after learning that the threat of extradition had become imminent, one of his lawyers has said.
The communication between Del Castillo and El Chapo began before his spectacular escape from maximum-security prison last July, and continued during the six-month period he was on the run before his recapture on January 8.
