What leak?

How can it be a 'leak' if it was about something that didn't exist? That would be a mere rumor. Or do those 'black prisons' in fact, exist? Sounds to me like there are 'secret' prisons so therefore, the 'leak' is true, and if true, it's justified. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) wrote in a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence committees that stated; "If accurate, such an egregious disclosure could have long-term and far-reaching damaging and dangerous consequences, and will imperil our efforts to protect the American people and our homeland from terrorist attacks". Shouldn't these two U.S. Congressmen be concerned about the laws being broken if the reports of these secret prisons are 'accurate'? Republicans demand a 'Senate investigation' into some one leaking the truth about ongoing criminal activity. Maybe they should schedule their investigation into who told the truth right after Democrats get their 'Senate investigation' of those who didn't tell the truth. Exposing war crimes committed by your country is patriotic-it's not a 'leak'. Top Republican Leaders Demand Probe Into Prison Leak

Congress's top Republican leaders today demanded an immediate joint House and Senate investigation into the leak of classified information to The Washington Post that detailed a web of secret prisons being used to house and interrogate terrorism suspects. The Post's story, (THE LEAK?)published Nov. 2, has led to a rash of new questions about the treatment of detainees and the use of so-called "black prisons" in Eastern Europe and elsewhere by the Central Intelligence Agency. The issue dogged President Bush in his recent trip to Latin America. washington post