> so a fine line needs to be tread between putting the public at ease Also, there's no reason to assume that the goal of revealing all this information is to

> so a fine line needs to be tread between putting the public at ease Also, there's no reason to assume that the goal of revealing all this information is to put the public at ease. Maybe the goal is to drum up public support for war, or at least, some adventure in brinksmanship. Or to make the administration look more hawkish than it is. Or there's some weird funding/ego/prestige power struggle between departments and generals. Or someone is playing a public game of cover-your-ass. Or is making his enemies in the organization look bad, by airing the dirty laundry. Figuring out which is which when it comes to the military leaking secret information is an exercise in Kremlinology.