[NYFriend]

No, every time they do this, that is use undercover stings to catch bad guys trying to buy weapons (missiles, nukes,nuke parts, nuke fuel, machine guns, whatever) and then publicize it, you make every bad guy looking to buy think twice that his "supplier" might be working for the US. It prevents buyers and sellers for advertising publicly and, just like we learned from eBay, the web and infomercials, advertising helps sales.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Two sides to every coin. I like covert myself. Probably the Cold War Warrior in me.