Catapulting the Propaganda is more important than finding Osama.

The founder of the company, the SITE Intelligence Group, says this premature disclosure tipped al-Qaeda to a security breach and destroyed a years-long surveillance operation that the company has used to intercept and pass along secret messages, videos and advance warnings of suicide bombings from the terrorist group’s communications network.

Leak Severed a Link to Al-Qaeda’s Secrets - washingtonpost.com

No big surprise, at the White House this is old hat.