Reporter discussed 'secret' program in 2006 book

NY Times:

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In his 2006 book “State of War,” James Risen wrote that the C.I.A. set up paramilitary teams shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks to hunt down top Qaeda operatives. Mr. Risen, a reporter for The New York Times, wrote that the operation was soon disbanded before the C.I.A. carried out any operations. But the spy agency continued to develop plans to target Qaeda operatives, and top C.I.A. officials were briefed periodically about the progress of these efforts, the officials familiar with the program said.

In the spring of 2008, C.I.A director Michael V. Hayden and top aides were told about one aspect of these plans that involved gathering sensitive information in a foreign country, according to a former senior intelligence official.

Mr. Hayden ordered that the operation be scaled back and that Congress be notified if the plans became more fully developed, the official said.

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I guess Risen was beyond the reach of Cheney's "assassins." The more we learn about this program the sillier the Democrats look. I think most Americans support killing the enemy where ever he is found. There may be some human rights wackos and a few liberal Democrats who put terrorist rights ahead of stopping terrorist attacks, but most voters want to see the government do everything it can to protect us from our enemies and one of the best ways to do that is to destroy them when we can find them.

The way the so called intelligence committee Democrats tried to play this information is shameful and shows how they are trying to politicize the war and the CIAs part in the war. The suggestion that VP Cheney had somehow kept them out of the loop when the program never rose to the level that would require notification is ridiculous. I suggest they all buy Risen's book and take a deep breath.