This article (or rather the NBC article) has all the tell tales of an intentional leak, which this administration has used time after time. One thing Trump doe

This article (or rather the NBC article) has all the tell tales of an intentional leak, which this administration has used time after time. One thing Trump does know how to do well is play the media. This is a not so subtle "warning" to Venezuela: "Do what we want or else..." Like so many other cases of intentional leaks from the administration, it's likely meant as a deniable bluff. If someone criticizes the fact this militry planning is ongoing and it gets heat from Trump's own supporters, the adminstration can just blame it as "fake news anonymous sources." If Venzuela actually submits, then it's a win. If nothing at all happens, nothing lost. When we talk about failure of the media, I believe part of that failure has become their own lack of introspection to see how they are being used by the administration. While it's been discussed time after time, there is still seemingly no solution, as competion for the next hot news story by up and coming journalists makes it all too easy to ignore that you're being used.