From a reader with his ears open …
So. It’s Friday, and the Pentagon leaks word that a top al-Qaeda operative has been captured. Or, actually, that he was captured last year, but that he’s just been transferred from the custody of the CIA to DoD. Wait, that’s not quite right. He was transferred earlier in the week. But still. It’s important news. Right?
Only here’s the thing. When you have a story like this, you don’t release it on a Friday. There’s nothing time-critical about it. There’s no reason to squander the positive headlines on the slowest media day of the week.
Maybe you’ve already heard something. Or maybe we’ll get the word in the next few hours. But I can’t think of a surer sign that the administration will be releasing some information later today that it would rather we all ignored. Who knows? It could be a post-Gonzales testimony DoJ document dump. It might be word of another probe into Rove. Maybe the RNC will be turning over some e-mails. But you can take it to the bank – something’s coming down the pike.
