"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Always consider that they could be setting a trap for the enemy. Plans and such make their way out from the US to places unknown. THey attack and get squashed because the plans were a ruse, and trace how they got there.
OTOH it could be as you said bumbling fools of government.