I'm confused, you mean people didn't know the CIA had secret prisons?

But surely no one is surprised they're denying it.

President George W Bush's national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, says the United States will do what is necessary to fight and win the war on terrorism. "The President has been very clear we're doing that in a way that is consistent with our values..."

Look, it may be consistent with the President's values but I think it is an insult to many fine upstanding Americans for Hadley to say that everyone's values are as low as Bush's.