Once the Times let the cat out of the bag then it was pointless for the U.S. to deny the identity, as Al Qaeda's people were perfectly capable of reading the Times. The Times and whoever leaked to the Times are the culprits here.
Words cannot express my anger with the New York Times. They are literally killing Americans with their anti-American Internationalist attitude.
Where are the angry mobs with the torches when you need them?
Just wish the TIMES would be added to the list of probably targets...................by either side.