There’s a reporter, Kevin Corke that works for ABC, who seems to have trouble understanding why the Bush administration maintained the secrecy of the recent British (and US) investigation of the terrorists that wanted to blow up multiple international flights from the UK to the US. Read about it on Betsy’s page. As a teaser, here’s a snippit…
Corke: “Yeah well said because a lot of people here are going to be asking the question, not only today but in the days to come, if, if the administration has known about this potential plot what was the hold up in getting the word out, especially domestically?
Needless to say, Kevin Corke is an idiot. I’m sure glad he wasn’t around during WWII.
Dan Eggeen and Spencer Hsu of the Washington Post are kind enough to explain why secrecy was maintained in this article detailing the history of the secret investigation by British and US intelligence agencies. Some US government officials apparently were irritated at being left out of the loop …
Several sources suggested last week that the extensive secrecy irritated some officials who were kept out of the loop at intelligence and law enforcement agencies, but declined to discuss the tensions in detail. Michael P. Jackson, Homeland Security’s deputy secretary, said the secrecy “wasn’t controversial. It was operational security.”
I say that’s a good thing. They’re way too many people in Washington DC whose first action would be to leak the story to the press (as in the New York Times). Who can blame top officials that kept information under raps, restricting access to people who really had a “need to know”? Well yes, Kevin Corke and Boulder liberals will probably squawk with a clear conscience.
Remember the subway bombings in the UK? Another reason to keep a secret…
Even now, three days after British authorities arrested 24 suspects — and two days after most of the suspects have been publicly named — U.S. officials are tight-lipped about the most rudimentary details of the case, citing strict British secrecy laws and a desire to avoid the strained relations that followed U.S. leaks about the 2005 subway bombings.
I wouldn’t rely on people like Kevin Corke to tell me if was raining outside. And great job by British and US intelligence agencies.
