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So its helpful to be able to say something other than oh vaguely we have national security concerns so were shutting down the embassies. were worried about some threat were not going to talk about. thats still the official line, right? it is helpful to be able to say that actually what this is an intercept of al qaedas top leadership talking to each other directly about an imminent attack at a specific time. that said, you do not necessarily want the newspapers to print that the exact intercept ...

Its anonymous sources titrating information to reporters and nothing is ever official. and you can see the way theyre sort of trying to balance their strategy here. the embassies all being closed for a long time, thats a big deal. you want people to know that this big deal thing you have done is justified. so its helpful to be able to say something other than, oh, vaguely we have national security concerns so were shutting down the embassies. were worried about some threat that were not going to...

Say something other than oh vaguely we have national security concerns so were shutting down the embassies. were worried about some threat were not going to talk about. thats still the official line, right? it is helpful to be able to say that actually what this is an intercept of al qaedas top leadership talking to each other directly about an imminent attack at a specific time. that said, you do not necessarily want the newspapers to print that the exact intercept you got was between guy named...