Kathy, these are the ultimate questions concerning the matter. I do believe that there are some things worthy of secrecy, but it seems to me that the lid is already partly off the jar here. And the Al Qaeda leaders have long known we wanted to kill them–We're at War with them. I would like to see the press dig a bit more into this in the hopes that we can finally release all of the documents involved and have some sort of fair hearing. Otherwise, we're stuck right where we always have been–partisan debating about whether or not to proceed. A number of commenters here and elsewhere have called for releasing all relevant information, but still we're at a standstill. If Congress really wants to pursue this, then they are going to have to put some pressure on Obama and his DOJ, because he seems rather unwilling to “look to the past”.

That's what we know. Do you think we should know more? Do you think the press should be writing about this, and trying to find out whatever they can about what this program was?

That's what we know. Do you think we should know more? Do you think the press should be writing about this, and trying to find out whatever they can about what this program was?

You're right, Kathy, and that seems to be most of the problem. You and I do not know most of the details, but by extension anyone reporting on it right now probably doesn't either. If they did, we would. But as I pointed out by citing that NYT article, nothing new has come out, has it?

From what I've understood reading all the coverage in the last few days, the program was a lot more involved than that. And you and I do not know most of the details because they remain classified. The members of Congress who were briefed by Panetta were told all those details.

We interrupt this scheduled thread to bring the following important update:

As early indications hinted at and were reported at 4:30 PM today in the Questions About Cheney CIA Story thread, a monumental and historic milestone in the annals of blogging has indeed occurred on this very day.

For the first time in memory, The Moderate Voice has gone ONE ENTIRE DAY WITHOUT A SARAH PALIN POST!!!!

TMV's Editor-in-Chief, Joe Gandelman, was unable to explain how such an obvious oversight occurred. “It is like forgetting to put Ripken or Gehrig into the line-up when they are sitting in the dugout. I mean, she just put out an op-ed today in the Washington post criticizing Obama and cap-and-trade for f&*%'s sake! Inexcusable.”

Speculation on the street is that in an effort to placate the base, TMV will immediately institute a mandatory minimum of three Sarah Palin posts per day per editor/columnist for the foreseeable future, with Joe setting an example for his troops by personally providing ten posts per day.