[fightinJAG]

I haven’t been following this. But there’s always the truth and then there’s the Balloon Boy Syndrome.

There’s also the possibility that Haskell is telling the truth as to what he saw and he’s either mistaken or authorities are trying to avoid verifying some aspects of his account because they are working on leads that might otherwise be blown.

[FourPeas]

The only problem I have with the authorities trying to avoid verifying some aspects of his account is their pitiful inability to do so convincingly. If the authorities can't find a way to do so without sounding so inept, then I begin to worry. When Obama’s goons are part of the equation — and we know they have great difficulty in coming up with plausible explanations — and the explanations seem quirky, then red flags become appropriate.

[TYVets]

Mr Haskell may be going public to protect himself.

[driftdiver]

I’m ok with the government keeping some things secret. IMHO (sorry IBM) they have covered up numerous terrorist incidents. I used to think they were doing this to deny the terrorists the PR benefit of their attack.

Now I think much of these types of things are kept secret for political reasons. I find that unacceptable.