President Obama has been under fire for the botched arrest and subsequent mirandizing of the underwear bomber.  It now appears he may be giving up state secrets to show the world he was right in his approach to treating this attack as a legal matter.  Foxnews.com reports here on the assertions by Senator Kit Bond (R) that "administration officials defied an FBI request for secrecy when it held a briefing with reporters Tuesday about Christmas bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's cooperation with authorities."  Bond goes on to say "FBI officials stressed the importance of not disclosing the fact of his cooperation in order to protect ongoing and follow-on operations to neutralize additional threats to the American public,"  Yet less than one day later, the White House trumpeted to the media about "...Abdulmutallab's cooperation and to laud the vents that led to his decision to cooperate with law enforcement personnel. This information immediately hit the air waves globally and, no doubt, reached the ears of our enemies abroad."  When challenged if the White House was defending it's behavior at the risk of national security, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs conceded "that the briefing to reporters on Tuesday was called in order to "contextualize" information released during the Senate hearing that Abdulmutallab was talking again to interrogators. For those of you who participated in the background briefing you know that was something that was not timed purposefully. Soon after that, media reported. We felt it important to contextualize because many of you were e-mailing us what this testimony meant."

Congressman Pete Hoekstra (R) of Michigan said it best, ""I do find it an interesting strategy that we hastily call a briefing to let America and our friends and our enemies in the Middle East know that he's now singing like a canary,"  The Forgotten Man just can't believe the President would jeopardize national security to vindicate his position.  After all, he seems to take criticism pretty well.....