It is possible that the intelligence community, front-covered the CIA, dream of a Putin-like takeover, not to continue "serving the President," and taking orders as demanded toady by David Brooks in the New York Times. US citizens allowed the intel monster to grow in secrecy and it will likely devour the American experiment in democratic openness, utilizing the same methods forever employed by secret orgs: national security FUD. To be sure, most of the monster hides behind the DoD facade of "our troops," not at Langley, and it is this warmongering majority that has the biggest stake in inventing enemies of the state, and promising economic benefits to local, state, and national interests. Secrecy is the WMD that is killing the US, not the puny terrorists, as demonstated by the UK, Russia, China, Cuba, all around the apple. What Bush and Blair cooked up in the last day or so could well determine whether lists like this and much of the Internet remain open or get shut. The boys and girls who daily brief the Ps are not going to go back to the downslide of pre-911. No doubt some might say that is why 911 was cooked up, precursing Beslan and more to come. 1200 troops dead in Iraq is not much of a blip on big sines of expendables.