Second Guessing on Intelligence

Stuart Buck offers a theory on why might not be wise to second guess the president on intelligence:

It might be useful to remember that any President is likely going to have to keep the best intel secret. I’m certainly no intelligence expert, but I’ve read a few books on the CIA, and it seems fairly clear that whenever intelligence is successful, it is going to be kept secret for a very long time. An intel operation that becomes public knowledge is almost by definition a failure, or is about to become a failure in the very near future.

It might be speculation, as Buck admits, but it is worth thinking about. I have always held that this kind of nit picking and second guessing is based on a tiny sliver of knowledge. But hey, it appears the Democrats are going with it full bore anyways.