When Is Life Like The Movies?

Think Day of the Condor. Think the Bourne Ultimatum. Think Wag the Dog.
Think Cheney's bouncing dick at the very thought of CIA assassination squads.

what was it about the program that was so shocking that Dick Cheney reportedly ordered it kept secret from Congress, Panetta quashed it as soon as he heard about it, and Congressional Democrats risked being painted as soft on terror by shrieking about being kept in the dark?

Some pundits are saying there's nothing there, but "some pundits" have said things like that before.

Conspiracy theory much? Nah, not me. Them. Just read the comments.
Wild, man.