Posted by
Arnie on Monday, July 02, 2007 11:17:34 AM
ABC news has come out with a report of a “secret” intelligence report saying that al-Qaeda has planned a spectacular attack on the US this summer, an official with access to the document told
ABC News.
So, what are we the people supposed to do with this information? What motivated the unidentified official official to break the rules of his oath to secrecy by releasing the secret document to ABC? What motivates ABC to release to the public information gained by illegal means? If the informed unidentified official had access to the secret document about a secret spectacular terror event planned by a secret al-Qaeda cell working within the US, why inform ABC?
ABC News is in the business of spectacular news reporting. ABC is in the business of ratings watching. That’s all folks. If it builds the readership of ABC and/or the viewers of Brian Ross Investigative Reports and the rest of the broadcast team, it’s worthy of putting out there.
That’s all it’s about.
Do you think ABC is concerned about you? Do you think ABC is concerned about the security of the US citizens? Do you think this unidentified official is so very concerned about the American people that he broke his pledge to secrecy so that the people would know about this planned spectacular terror event, and we could then take preventive measures to insure our safety all during this summer.
What would those measures be anyway? What would we do differently that would insure our safety? Remain home? Stay away from downtown areas, the airports, the train stations, the subways, the ball parks, the malls, the schools, and on? Would we be vigilant in informing the local authorities of suspicious activities we witness? But we can’t profile, and the police can't profile, so if I see someone middle eastern looking doing something very strange indeed, I can’t turn him/her in to authorities unless I also turn in a hispanic, a black, a white and an asian.
It’s all about ABC.