how serious is this, ambassador? >> well, we don't know yet, but it could be quite serious. this -- first of all, it's very important where the leak to the united states came from, from what country. some countries, this could be extremely damaging to our ability to work with them in the future. others not. depends on the substance of what was leaked. in the press stories, there's indications about terrorist plots involving aircraft and carrying computers onto aircraft. it's not clear what was leaked or what the problem is. but if it is serious, then this is something that just has to get fixed. we can't have president or anybody else in the government just sort of randomly coming out with highly classified material like this. >> the "washington post" is reporting that one of the