Some days I have no hope that we can stop this train wreck.
I sure hope you're right!
There is also no such thing as a closed hearing when journalists smell Pulitzer. The Pentagon Papers, after all, were classified. There are young journalists who have no truck with the status quo who could care less about closedness and classifiedness. Reputations are to be made, and that's a powerful scent. As long as Weldon doesn't blow up in public and is helpful behind the scenes, this will unfold in its own true course - as long as there is a THERE there (terrabytes in a drawer).