I was amused to read USA Today's editorial on the incident; the edtors were "shocked" that VP Cheney did not inform THEM sooner. Then there was the hack on Hardboiled (MSNBC) who claimed that it was the "role" of the Washington press corps to be the messenger between the WH and the public.
Where was "the people's watch dog" on any of dozens of out right false reporting by the Junk Journalists from Flush the Koran to Rathergate?