If the "program" that was so secret amounted to authorizing the CIA to go underground and then kill Osama bin Laden or other al Quesda leaders, I guess I'm left thinking what's the big deal? How different is this from the Navy Seals operating behind enemy lines during Viet Nam, with the mission to kill the leaders of the North Viet Nam army? How different from skilled snipers going underground, like during most wars, with the objective of killing enemy leaders? How different from the Air Force flying drones remotely and killing enemy operatives? How different from working with foreign organizations, like the Israeli Mussaud, to kill foreign enemies? How different from employing our own spies to kill enemies?

First, I can't imagine that Congress would have disapproved such a plan. Secondly, how is this different from what we've done in one way or another in many previous wars?

I guess I'm left wondering, if Dick Cheney and George Bush really felt that this type of program needed to be conducted secretly...WHY?