"Donnie got in a serious swivet and wouldn't speak to me for a while, except to say that our unfortunate adventure was ill-conceived, dumb thought out, and I was over-rated like my horse, " he writes.

NPR: 'I Love Mysteries,' Says Man Claiming Hidden Gold

Some in Europe are in a swivet over unconfirmed press reports that the U.S. government has been secretly operating detention facilities in unnamed Eastern European countries and covertly transporting suspected Islamist terrorists through the continent's airspace and airports.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Get serious

The latest example is the swivet produced by the New York Times' publication on Friday of an article disclosing that the National Security Agency had been monitoring the international calls and e-mails of certain unnamed people in this country without warrants.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A war to the death