[WOSG]

The New York Times has done their best to damage the Bush administration.

Things like intelligence capability, and national security are considered 'collateral damage' in the virtuous struggle to defeat the Bush administration.

[okie01]

'collateral damage'

The exact expression I had in mind.

[Sal]

The New York Times has done their best to damage the Bush administration. Things like intelligence capability, and national security are considered 'collateral damage' in the virtuous struggle to defeat the Bush administration.

Yep. This operation had already rolled up lots of biggies in al Qaeda power structure--and it was still going on.

IMO Jehl and Rohde* must have panicked at the thought of Zawahiri, bin Laden and Zarqawi being killed or arrested before the election. Somebody had to put a stop to it.

*And who knows what other traitors behind the scenes in Washington, NYC or Pakistan...