So there's a security issue with our nuclear weapons. By all means let's get together at the National Press Club and discuss it. At times in our past such things were considered treason.
At times in our past such things were considered treason. So if this report was true, why shouldn't this breach be covered by the press? The only people you would be hiding it from would be the Great Unwashed Earthlings. The aliens would already know that we know what they think we know.