Trees, what trees?

I think a lot of Americans would agree with Senator Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) response to the Frist-Haestert probe into who leaked information of clandestine prisons to the press:

Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees. The real story is those jails.

The thing about an investigation is the people are only going to care if they think what's being investigated is worthwhile. And people will probably care more about the idea that the C.I.A. may be violating international treaty in secret prisons worldwide than the actual leak itself.

If Democrats want to push this and take a look at the prisons themselves, it sounds like both Graham and Republican Chris Shays would fully support that as well. And with Trent Lott's revelation that it may be a Republican Senator behind the initial leak, it may not be a bad idea.