he could have provided would have been strategically useful. Final note: I think the demonstrated ineptitude in rolling this out is purely becuase it's being used for a "spike the football/victory lap" political purpose. In the eeeeeevollllll BOOOOOOOOOOOSH! administration these kind of briefings were generally handled by uniformed service personell; who, owing to SOP, would have debriefed and decided on the counter-intel considerations of just how much information to release before going to meet the press. And as an added bonus, would have been able to claim that the inability to provide any more detail was above their pay grades, and shove the problem up the chain of command to the joint chiefs. But, the administration is trying to exploit this one accomplishment to try and politically revive/cover for the otherwise utter failure of Obama's foreign policy. . none of that would make a difference. Because nothing is going to stop the right wing from its agenda To Kman, the only difference that matters is whether the right wing pursues its agenda. National security gains don't even get processed. What a partisan hack. Thousands of lives are at stake when these intel finds are concerned. Of course it would make a difference to handle this professionally, with secrecy and care. Yes, the 'right wing' would still criticize Obama, for one, over his condemnation of waterboarding and undermining of Bush's agenda before acting as though he always knew much of it was helpful. So? In a democracy, you probably always see