knucklehead:

If this is the equivalent of the capture of an enigma machine then we have really screwed up here. Now that the AQ knows we have compromised their security they will set about constructing a new cipher and com systems.

The WWII analogy here is the capture of the U-505 by the USS Guadalcanal escort group. The Commander, CAPT Dan Gallery, was called on the carpet by ADM King and threatened with Court Martial if he could not contain the story. The sailors under his command never revealed their secret until long after the war was over. Fat chance of that happening today.