Or, you came very close to being involved in some sort of big attack that was thwarted..
Who knows. I do know that we're not told everything because the public as a collective whole simply can't take it. Example? What if that 'terrorist' bush's 'illegal' camp in cuba turned up a genuine threat within the states, which was then stopped. That would cause one half of your population to collapse in on itself, that 'dopey guy' doing something right by you.
Just an example there...
