Some might find this a weird title for a rant. But after I've explained you will realize that the title is appropriate for this rant. I could have entitled it "Loose or Wagging Tongues", but I already have a couple of posts about wagging or loose tongues regarding people engaging their tongue before engaging their brain. In any case, tonight I decided to check the Fox News website to see if they had something new to report and sure enough in one section of Fox News there was a link to NewsMax. Here is what I read.
The U.S. government has revealed details of a top-secret Israeli military installation under construction by publishing its specifications for contractor bidding.
It was treated as though it was just any other project the Defense Department was involved in.According to McClatchy newspapers, the Obama administration had promised to build Israel a state-of-the-art facility to host a new ballistic-missile defense system, the Arrow 3, designed amid Israel's fears of Iran's nuclear intentions.Specifications released by the department include more than 1,000 pages of details on the facility, ranging from the heating and cooling systems to the thickness of the walls. But the project had been classified, and so top secret that Israel's military won't officially confirm its location at Tel Shahar, between Jerusalem and Ashdod.
"If an enemy of Israel wanted to launch an attack against a facility, this would give him an easy how-to guide. This type of information is closely guarded and its release can jeopardize the entire facility," an unidentified Israeli military official told McClatchy.
