It's Da Bomb!

Everyone's all atwitter this morning over a rumoured dirty bomb plot focused on Boston. Read all about it here

Maybe it's just me, but isn't it somewhat counterproductive to announce to the world that this investigation is ongoing? Hell, they've even released the names of some of the suspected terrorists! Wouldn't it make more sense to...I don't know...sneak up on the culprits? Now that the story has broken, if *I* were these bad guys I think I'd be laying a little low for a while and give it my best shot later on when things have cooled off.

Maybe there's something I'm missing, but I just can't imagine that this will be helpful.