But it did give Ari the opportunity to cloud up and rain all over congress about their own "contingency plan", which they then revealed, and it's now, according to Ari, "a 4 million dollar tourist attraction".
Did you notice not a one of the reporters asked a follow up question about that particular subject?
I DO believe this was a more orchestrated attack though. I'd bet money that the term "Shadow Government" could be found in a talking points fax originating from a "machine" in NY.