comfortable running with it. >> no, kyra, we felt we could publish the documents if they went through the careful process we normally so. we sifted through the thousands of documents, and in many cases we redepartmented the names of informants on the ground, afghans on the ground who were cooperating with the united states as well as certain sources and methods and other sensitive information that could jeopardize our ongoing operations in afghanistan. so we took great care to ensure there would not be, at least through "the new york times," a disclosure of sensitive information. in fact, the white house has praised our efforts for doing so. >> so, eric, what we know about the war publicly, and now seeing these documents, and let me ask you as a correspondent that covers issues of terrorism and national security, has your perception of the war changed? do you think it is worse than what we thought now that you've seen these documents? >> well, i think what you come to the conclusion of after