>The thing that really bothers me here is this: All sorts of Republicans are coming out saying that we need to to find and close the source of the leak. Trent Lott (R-MS) has said that the information may have come from a briefing between the Vice-President and members of the Senate.
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>Why does it bother me? Simple, there's more attention being paid to finding out where the leak came from rather than if it's true or not.
That bothers me, too. The real questions that should be asked are, "is it true", "who is responsible", and probably a few more. That reminds me of a situation when videos from Iraq were shown; one of the first reactions from the top was to forbid video-cameras in the prisons. Destroying the evidence seems more important than solving the problem.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
