[nhoward14]

DAMN THE JOHN F***ING KERRY MEDIA!!!!

Can't we keep this stuff secret so we can actually catch the terrorists?????????

I know this is rhetorical with the media, but this makes me mad to no end. I can see Rita Cosby running breathlessly to the nearest mike to tell us the exact flight numbers and who is on each plane.

[ladyinred]

Morons aren't they?

[The Westerner]

Agree with you completely. People in the know should keep their mouths shut.

[InterceptPoint]

Can't we keep this stuff secret so we can actually catch the terrorists?????????

Would you proceed with your plan to hijack Flight 317 if you believed that the FBI would be waiting for you. Methinks not. I think discouraging the al Queda by letting them know that they have been intercepted/infiltrated is the goal. The leak was on purpose.

[breakem]

U.S. officials said............ enough morons to go around!

[Ramius]

I don't think you have to worry.

That which needs to be secret is secret, that which does not or serves some other purpose is not. Disinformation serves a purpose as well. Stay tuned...

[Sandy]

Settle down. The administration wouldn't be passing this info along if it wasn't supposed to be reported.

[sarasmom]

No offence intended, but do please pick a viewpoint of the "media" and stick with it.
The idiots who broadcast the ravings of the likes of Peter Jennings are probably what is known as the "company mushrooms".
Fed in the dark on excrement.
Bad stuff may be happening in the near future.
If one heavily relies on the information provided by the "media", how will you ever know if it did or did not actually happen?
If you implicitly trusted the media, why are you here?
Just a thought...

[PISANO]

Anything for a scoop!! The founders would reconsider if they were alive today.

[MetalMan]

For some reason I have faith that this information was provided to the media for a reason.

[stylin_geek]

I had this same discussion, and pointed out that Hillary stood in the middle of the Senate floor, brandishing a newspaper, asking "what he knew, and when he knew it." Other Dems have pretty much said the same thing. Now, what happens if we have this good intelligence, and the terrorists succeed anyway? (I used Hillary's name on purpose, because I know the person I was speaking to admires Hillary)
Plus, even if tourist travel is hurt, because people are afraid to travel because of these threats, shouldn't government allow its citizens to be able to make that choice? Or, should it always be "government knows best?"

[nicmarlo]

Don't forget to add the required, "my sources tell me...."

[Fzob]

Can't we keep this stuff secret so we can actually catch the terrorists?????????

Disinformation can be a very powerful ally