Oh how the NY Times loves to bring dirty little secrets into the light ... all you know because the "public has the right to know." But do they really - particularly when the details provide enemies insight into how some clandestine activities were conducted in the past and hence might be in the future? That is the question that jumps out when you read, "In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals."

I am sure that in the eyes of the NY Times the story exposes how incompetent and inept are such organizations as the CIA. But I think it shows just the opposite. It details an agency using creative and resourceful means to counter the development of nuclear weapon technology. Its a story of success by the agency, something the NY Times really doesn't like to admit ever happens.

There are a lot of stories that NY Times has yet to publish, like those of the black ops that secured fissionable material after the fall of the USSR that never need to be told either.

But if they can get their hands on the details, their track record has shown they won't hesitate to burn the people that let it all hang out. After reading this one you are left with the distinct impression that if you do the right thing, sooner or later the US will turn their backs on you. It is hardly a great recruiting feature as we remain in a struggle against terrorists.