Romenesko

Columbia Journalism Review
Eric Umansky says because of the Bush administration’s stonewalling, the abuse story has been deprived of the oxygen it needs to move forward and stay in the headlines. "There are still occasional revelations, but without the typical next steps -- congressional hearings, investigations, resignations -- the scoops themselves start to lose their pop and the story grows cold," he writes. NOTED: "There just aren’t many Dana Priests out there that can pierce the wall of secrecy that these things operate in," says Bart Gellman.