More of the Saddam Files

Finally, the public is getting to access the documents captured during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Here are other documents that have been released.

There is so much material.

Browsing through it is at once fascinating and frightening.

ABC has devoted some time to reporting on a few of the revelations.

MSNBC also sucked it up and finally acknowledged the existence of the documents, with an AP report on its website.

The report explains:

The release of the documents, which is expected to continue for months, is designed to allow U.S. lawmakers and the public to investigate issues such as what Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime said about weapons of mass destruction.

Why aren't more media outlets carefully sifting through these documents and reporting details?

Why aren't they being splashed?

NewsMax has a report from the Associated Press that covers a news conference held by Rick Santorum and Peter Hoekstra, announcing the release of the information.

It's a blogger's dream come true: Millions of pre-Iraq war intelligence documents are now being posted online and two Republican congressmen are asking for their assistance in digesting them.

They can thank Sen. Rick Santorum, the No. 3 Senate Republican, and House Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., for helping to make it happen.

The two said during a Capitol Hill news conference Thursday that they lobbied the White House and intelligence leaders to release millions of pages of documents and audio recordings captured during current and previous U.S. military operations in Iraq.

The first dump started Wednesday night via a Pentagon Web site at the direction of National Intelligence Director John Negroponte, and the release is expected to continue for months. "We are hoping to unleash the power of the Internet, unleash the power of the blogosphere to get through these documents and give us a better understanding of exactly what was going on in Iraq prior to the war," Hoekstra said.

This is more than a blogger's dream come true. It should be a dream come true for the members of the press as well.

Access to the Saddam Files, literally millions of pages, have to shed some light on the status of Iraq's arsenal before the war and its plans for it.

Perhaps the enormity of the document dump is overwhelming and it will take time to report on the information.

Perhaps the lib media are afraid to discover evidence that might prove Bush right.

Perhaps they prefer to stick with the "Bush lied" template.

It's probably easier to ignore the material than having to refute facts contained in the documents that might run counter to their set in stone opinion that Bush misled the country into an unnecessary war.

I really don't get it. Some of the lamest non-story stories, like Plamegate, are elevated to incredible heights and considered of critical importance to the functioning of our democracy.

The Saddam files, on the other hand, don't seem to be causing much of a stir.

It's pathetic when you think about it.