How can it be both "Nothing New" and "Tipping Off the Terrorists"?

[norml]

How can it (the NSA story) be both "Nothing New" and "Tipping Off the Terrorists" to report it, at the same time?

http://mediamatters.org/items/200605030006

[C_U_L8R]

1. Imagine for a second that you are a terrorist

would you not assume that your phone is tapped ???

Are republicans really so dumb to believe otherwise ?????
Good god these people are idiots as well as crooks.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. It's Mission Accomplished for 19 Arab lunatics. n/t

[Inland]

3. Terrorists expect to be spied upon. Everyday citizens don't.

Ergo, the news didn't surprise the terrorists, did surprise the citizens.

The real enemy, to Bush, is public opinion. If he doesn't hide what he's doing, we'll stop it. Therefore the important thing is to keep US in the dark, and anyone who leaks is helping the enemy, misguided public opinion in a democracy, help the enemy, the terrorists.

You're the enemy. You shouldn't have been tipped off.