Surprise, surprise: Spy agency runs covert operations

What next? Firemen use water to put out fires? Read the all-too-obvious silliness concerning the use of covert operations by the CIA to track down bad guys here.

My personal guess is that the Washington Post is hoping that the government will stop the covert ops and just limit itself to running classified ads in the Post. You know, like:

"Osama, we are missing you. Please call us on the satellite phone. GPS info appreciated. Love, DOD and NSA"