Frist in the forest

Which do you think concerns the average American more: the leak of information that America runs clandestine prisons around the world, or what goes on in the prisons themselves. Bill Frist is banking on the former:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he is more concerned about the leak of information regarding secret CIA detention centers than activity in the prisons themselves.

Frist told reporters Thursday that while he believed illegal activity should not take place at detention centers, he believes the leak itself poses a greater threat to national security and is "not concerned about what goes on" behind the prison walls.

While leaks should be investigated, this sounds like Frist missing "the forest for the trees" as one of his colleagues so aptly put it, and is a bit of a pander to those who feel torture is perfectly acceptable as American policy.

Anything that continues to push the idea that America condones torture is going to be bad news for the Republicans in charge who have mandated this policy. Therefore I encourage Frist to continue to take the stand that he has, because the media continue to question his rather bizarre stance.