One way of preparing for an attack is to try to anticipate what the enemy could do to us. If we think about our vulnerabilities and discuss them, people in a position to do something about it could be prepared.
I agree with you 100%. My concern is how to discuss our vulnerabilities. There are vulnerabilities I am aware of that I have made the government privy to. I would never involve the media unless I saw the government purposely ignoring the problem. For some reason the media unsettles me. I feel they are much more concerned with "making news" than our well being.