Is Harry Reid wrong, and aiding the enemy? Or is he right, and aiding the enemy? John Fund makes the case that right or wrong, Harry Reid is underminig the United States. Harry Reid stated that he has been told that OBL died in the Pakistan earthquake.

Intelligence analysts tell me that the only proper action by a top U.S. Senate leader who has been given such information is radio silence. If the report is true, such information is best released at a moment of the U.S. government’s choosing. For one thing, as long as the information is tightly held, it can be used to sift out electronic intercepts that might lead to other Al Qaeda leaders. On the other hand, if Mr. Reid’s public speculation proves groundless, it only embarrasses the U.S. and contributes to enemy morale.

Meanwhile, DebkaFile reports that he’s still alive and active (via Never Yet Melted).

Gary Miller notes:

No doubt Patrick Fitzgerald will begin issuing indictments on this leaked classified information ASAP…

UPDATE 11/29/2005: John Hinderaker has a somewhat related column up at the Weekly Standard called “Leaking At All Costs.”

Michelle Malkin adds:

Okay, Sen. Lindsay Graham. Now is the time for you and other Republican Senators to tell someone to “shut up.”

BKP links to the video. And Betsy Newmark says:

You know, if the Democrats want to start chanting “culture of corruption,” perhaps the GOP can start chanting “culture of leaks.”