From Denny: Any time we witness a fall from grace of a very public figure we all wince. Maybe it's a case of TMI.
Maybe it's because our thoughts swiftly fly to the embarrassed wife and children in sympathetic support. Maybe we have been betrayed in a similar fashion and don't enjoy the reminder. Or just maybe we were the thoughtless wonders who did the hurting.
Whatever the case this is always a sad event. When you add the intelligence community component it could too easily evolve into a national security disaster. Move over, Wiki Leaks, the old-fashioned honeypot trap works in any century as an easy way to extract sensitive information.