On CBS 60 Minutes program (09-07-08), Bob Woodward, of the Washington Post, promoting his new book "The War Within"' revealed a new secret weapon being used in Iraq ("secret operational capability"). Saying it was a major breakthough in weaponry, akin (in importance) to the breakthrough of the tank and the airplane, Woodward said if the insurgent leaders knew of its capabilities, they would get their a** out of town. This weapon is the secret weapon behind the success of of the surge.

He refused to go into any deeper detail, except to intimate it was used to locate, target and eliminate leaders of the insurgency. He did say it was a top secret and that it was a breakthrough weapon. It is used to locate and kill leaders of Al Qaeda and other insurgent militias and groups.. He said It is the stuff of which war novels are made..