Eric Muller is justifiably outraged at the Administration's two-faced, political, logically inconsistent approach to information releases. See IsThatLegal?.
Indeed, how is that letting 9/11 families discuss the contents of their family members' last words would help the terrorists, so it has to be secret, but it's ok to release lots of info about Padilla, disclosing sources and methods, and not incidentally smearing him while the Supreme Court deliberates?
I'm sure the answer is related to why it is that losing a CIA director at a time when there won't be a real replacement named until after the election is harmless, but losing Rumsfeld would be a terrorist victory.