[Polycarp]

Should we learn that the military did, indeed, have to shoot down a passenger plane... who benefits from that knowledge?

This info has been made public in the domestic and foreign press.

Do we ignore it?

It accurately relates what has been known locally since 9/11.

I do not know where the "right to know" regarding a 2 year old attack ends, and morally appropriate silence begins.

[hmmmmm]

I do not know where the "right to know" regarding a 2 year old attack ends, and morally appropriate silence begins.

I don't know either and I'm not questioning the validity of anything you've said. Perhaps, in this case, the "morally appropriate silence" is personal.... there's no right or wrong answer.