and we're lkin'! ananwe're lkin'... making it ala bit easier -- now that's progressive! today. >>> to washingto now. a new revelation about a secret cia program kept unde wraps for eight s from congress. nbc news h learned that vice president dick cheney did no want the details othe program to come to light, a fct he made cl to the a. i'm joined now live in studio by retired arm colonel and military analyst, jack cobs. goo see y, colonel >> good morni. >> i can't telyou how many e-mails i got from viewers since this story broke saying, it's the cia,n't they spped to keep secrets but what's the bigger issue here? >> well,t's against th law, in theory, to not to brief congress about it. the nationalsecurity act of 1947 requires congress to b kept abreastof what the intelligce apparat is doing and, in this case, they didn't necessarily do it. d the concernwas that tre would be leaks, thathe congress would leak it, some staffer would leak it. and as a result, evidently, this one particular program was kept quiet from the conesitself. >> what do y make o the fact that the hea