Back in Washington, the ramifications of the day's startling events were discussed.

As I saw it, they were the answer to all our problems.

Covert operations were certainly nothing new, but ones that involved so few participants as to be veritably leak-proof?

Ones launched at such a high level that made use of the very best intelligence from all the government's sources?

Ones that benefited from our nation's leadership so directly, actually allowing those who knew the big picture to act?