He speculated, as did most of the media. Its one of those "well, what else could it be?". "Hey, this special President speech tonight... this mood, is it Osama

He speculated, as did most of the media. Its one of those "well, what else could it be?". "Hey, this special President speech tonight... this mood, is it Osama?" silence The media guys then call up every old defence contact they have, old generals, the like, who probably got the news a little earlier. They get something, and run with it. Things don't need to 'leak', sometimes the gravity and mood just tells the story.