Well, maybe if this administration wasn't forced to justify every action they take by both the major media and the Democrats, this mole would still be masked.
exactly...blame the NY Times.
Right on! The media frenzy and their "right to expose" every national secret, as long as it makes the President look corrupt or inept, has to be reigned in!
Freedom of the press requires a sense of decency, honesty, and integrity!
DKK
Yeah, the NYT pressured the admin to do it. And I have been one to say that they need to get the word about successes.
But gesh, they could have waited a month on this one, although then they would lose control of the news cycles like they in over WMD in IRAQ.
Well, maybe if this administration wasn't forced to justify every action they take by both the major media and the Democrats, this mole would still be masked.
YEP> Both of these say it all.
If he was held in Pakistan then I doubt seriously that this was a secret except to us.
You're exactly correct.
I would also add that the initial story on this guy was that they "caught" him in July and it took at least two weeks to break the code.
If this guy really was a mole, this may have been a cover story.
I would submit, however, that another reason he may have been "announced" and the reason for the threat announcement was the new information that the cell was about to swing into action.
These specific buildings were able to increase their surveillance and security.
Al-Qaeda does not like to improvise.