That's possible, but that's not what I am saying. What I am saying is it is possible that this thread could have sent the location of the President to their command and control chain, aka Saddam and his cronies, faster, or possibly confirmed their suspicions, giving them a window of opportunity to act or encouraging them to take risks they otherwise would not have taken.
I'm also not saying they were capable of acting on such information, but I would not want to leave that up to chance.
If you cannot see the additional risk, that's fine. But it was there.
In the fog of war, one never knows which bit of intelligence will prove to be the one that the enemy acts on.
That you think they already have 8 bits of evidence compromising an operation is no excuse to let them have the 9th. It might be they only realized 2 of the bits so far and the bit you leak is what crystalizes their response and moves them to action.
Shut up, just shut up, on anything that might be useful.
My thanks to the Moderator for pulling this thread until it was after the fact.
And my thanks to the Chief - for all he does for protecting our country, and for posting this great thread.