How to keep things secret. Part XVII

[cthulu2016]

In an hour long meeting at the White House, said Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona, Mr. Obama gave general support to doing more for the Syrian rebels, although no specifics were agreed upon. Officials said that in the same conversation, which included Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican, Mr. Obama indicated that a covert effort by the United States to arm and train Syrian rebels was beginning to yield results: the first 50-man cell of fighters, who have been trained by the C.I.A., was beginning to sneak into Syria.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/world/middleeast/syria.html?_r=1&

Made me laugh, is all. I'm sure it wouldn't be announced if it wasn't okay somehow, but there's something Monty Pythonesque about an official calling the NYT to tell them that somebody is currently sneaking in somewhere.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Next, we'll send advisors.

Then B-52 carpet bombing.

Then peace with honor.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Who are these "officials", and why can no one shut them up?

Most disturbing is Grampy and Goober being consulted once again--after all, their big diplomatic trip to Egypt went oh-so-well, last spring Grampy posed with Al Qaeda in Syria... WHY, OBAMA???

[underthematrix]

3. It demonstrates the contempt our media has

for our government.