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The most ridiculous thing I saw was that they wanted to cover it up so as not to deflate the Holiday celebration on the 4th (so people will spend their $) or so as not to hurt the stock market on the 5th. What crap! What happens when it comes out on the 7th or 8th that it was a terrorist attack? Think people

Who says the FBIs ever have to acknowledge that it was a terrorist attack? Or they could admit it a year later after a far worse event makes the admission irrelevant. Btw it was the media who said the stock market went up on Friday "because there was no terrorist attack on July 4th". _They_ seem to think it matters.

News management is standard government (and corporate, btw) policy. Feed the public what you want them to know. Let further details dribble out when they can do little harm.

You see the government could have taken the opposite approach (not that I am advocating it, btw). They could have changed the color on the Homeland Security board, declared it was a terrorist attack, grounded all aircraft and closed all airports, canceled all athletic events and fireworks displays, etc. Obviously they did not want to do that unless they were convinced this was part of major coordinated activity. The attack was _not_ that. But those who claim the government had a motive to shade the facts to justify remaining calm are making a reasonable claim imho.