The Leak

1. The White House is on the defensive and is attempting to have potentially compromising information redacted from the tens of thousands of secret military documents leaked Sunday by WikiLeaks. A lot of discussion on the leak from the Web: 
   • Richard Cohen of the Washington Post asks if the documents were leaking the obvious?
   • New York Times op-ed contributor, Andrew Exum, says he has "seen nothing in the documents that has either surprised me or told me anything of significance."
   • An editorial in the Washington Times suggests that these documents "produced no bombshell revelations."
   • A Wall Street Journal review asks what else is there to learn from the leak other than that the U.S. classifies too many documents as secret?
   • The leak, "is good for democracy and for our nation," writes Carol Rose in her Boston Globe blog.
2. A new chief for BP - with a promise to fulfill all commitments to help in the Gulf. Robert Dudley, Jr. will take over in October and says, "taking over this role, I will not reduce my commitment in the region.”
3. Looking ahead to the 2012 Republican presidential nomination race? Read about possible runs by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty or perhaps by South Dakota Sen. John Thune.