A few quick points before I get on a plane. First, where are all the Democrats denouncing these leaks from Saddam Hussein’s interrogation room? I mean we were told that leaks are terrible, especially pertaining to intelligence operations, right?

More important, I’m kind of at a loss as to why all of these reports of Saddam being defiant and arrogant are being taken at face value. Keep in mind I’ve read little news while I’ve been here and am only going by the cable news networks.

Since when does the CIA — who’s handling Saddam — leak how super-important interrogations are going? In other words, any news that’s allegedly coming out of Saddam’s pie hole is news his handlers want leaked. My most hopeful guess is that Saddam’s actually singing like a bird but the Americans don’t want the bad guys to know it. Normally, you keep even the capture of an important asset secret so you can roll-up all of his contacts without them flying the coop. Since that was impossible, my hope is that the Americans are saying he’s not cooperating even as they have all of these successful raids. Doesn’t that seem plausible?

And if he is spilling the beans, then we may be in even much better shape than things seem.