i have been a big critic of gitmo. i think it should be shut down. but the law was passed and was signed, and it was precisely to address issues of controversy like this. >> so, peter, administration officials also say they could not inform congress and, of course, obey the letter of the law because it would impede negotiations. are they right? >> i think they are right, carol. tom donald famously said a good way to keep a secret in washington which is don't tell anyone. these negotiations were incredibly tightly held, very few people on the national security council and others were privy to those details and at the end of the day, making the day without it leaking was essential to the deal happening. >> so it's just hard to believe that the president couldn't trust anyone in congress to keep a secret, peter. >> well, i mean, look at -- we've seen this in the past with the osama bin laden raid, a raid