Unnnnh Yup. That worries me, too. Let me use an appropriate analogy: When I hunt and I have a target I've laid my scope on, I get real focused and quiet. I regulate my breathing as I steady the crosshairs and slowly take up the slack in the trigger. I think the trigger slack is being taken up. One or more operations may be "in motion" and folks are basically holding their collective breath to see the outcomes.
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Wait a minute..this could go both ways, I also get quiet if I think I am about to get nailed, like hide and go seek (not that I am still playing that at my age..lol) Are they quiet because of all the info that was found on that computer geeks laptop or what ever the heck it was. Are they wondering if info about them was on there, and someone is coming after them.
YOU think like that because you want to stay alive. These guys aren't interested in long term survival, only what is necessary to accomplish the mission, which btw, will almost certainly end their life. I'm pretty sure they would have had a SCRAM contingency plan in case something compromising like this were to happen. The nature of that contingency is THE question. Do they bug out and try to E&E (Escape and Evade)? Or do they push the operation ahead? Or do they proceed to a secondary or tertiary target? I guarantee that not all the targets are listed on the same HD or in possession of any one handler, that's basic security.