(1) STORY SMELLS kinda fishy to me.
(2)The last thing one wants to do in a real emergency is blow the news all over town.
(3) Quite possibly a wag-the-dog PR operation
(4)Purpose: Take the heat off the stories of improper surveillance. Distract us from Benghazi. Distract us, period.
(5) "Wolf!" "Wolf!"
(6) Next week: "See, I saved you from the wolf!"
Tactics: "Get Saxby Chambliss to carry our water." Makes Saxby look important to his constituents, gives it a bit of bi-partisan gloss.
Bottom line? I call bullshiite.
To expand on Michelle Malkins description :
Squirrel !
Squirrel!
Squirrel!
Either all in the WH are NUTS or some squirrelly congressmen just took a bite of their NUTS!