A private spy company worked for years tracing Al Qaeda's Internet and video distribution network, and was finally able to grab terrorist propaganda before it was released to the public. So it was a proud moment when the intelligence contractor, SITE Institute, presented the White House with a brand new Al Qaeda video -- Bin Laden with his "Just For Men" beard dye job -- on the condition that it be kept secret until Al Qaeda made it public.

Within hours, the Bush Administration had leaked it to Fox News, and "ruined years of clandestine work to find and exploit al Qaeda secrets on the Internet."

Leak Severed Link To Al Qaeda's Secrets [Washington Post]