Not much point informing anyone. Remember when Condoleeza Rice found a message reading, “Al-qaida plans to fly a plane into American skyscrapers” and didn’t bother to tell the President?
On the other hand, there’s a theory that the government isn’t really as incompetent as we think; that, rather, we’re being led to believe the government’s incompetent so that we don’t recognize it when they deliberately allow things to happen. — Glenn
Obviously a joint effort here.