Every so often you find yourself reading a gripping account of a super-secret government program designed to foil the plots of our foes, and you think: Why am I reading a gripping account of a super-secret government program designed to foil the plots of our foes? During the Bush years you could count on the New York Times to reveal any stealthy scheme, just to embarrass the cowboy-in-chief; now, during the tenure of Professor Wonderful, we get secret details to remind us what an awesome war he’s running. That Yemeni bomb-plot we foiled? Oh, we totally had a secret double agent in there, working with Saudi and Israeli intelligence! His name was Bob, and he lives with his family in Silver Spring now. Here’s his address, if you want to see the house on Google Street View.
Shut up! Shut up already! Stop telling me secret things!
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