A Different October Surprise

Sometimes it starts with just a peep here and there. A small story at the bottom of the page, an item one blog picks up. That's what's happening with the story of the CIA report, completed weeks ago, that "names names" in analyzing preparadness and response on 9-11. Why hasn't it been released? the stories ask. Why is it being held back until after the election? Shouldn't we see it now?

So the solitary cries become a chorus. Meanwhile an unnamed CIA guy makes the CNN ticker with the leak that the report is damaging to Bush. There's a war of unknown ferocity going on between the White House and the CIA. A number of damaging reports have already been leaked. Could this one be far behind?

Would it suddenly appear on the front page of a major newspaper, say ten days from now?
Maybe it's the CIA's October Surprise.