Besides a pathetic display of bureaucratic self-congratulation, the news conference appeared to be a dissemination of information that would be helpful to our enemies. Why we were told about "secret VIN numbers" that aid in forensics? That is something the public has a need to know? All of it stinks.
When they said that the VIN (not a VIN number, as it is a
Vehicle
Identification
Number) was removed, I immediately wondered if they had removed the secondary VIN as well.
I'm not even a car guy and I know about the secondary VIN. Unfortunately, we seem to want to aid our enemies ignorance as much as we can.
Telling us that they picked him up through his cell phone was a REALLY bad idea, though. Next time they will know to have a new phone to use that hasn't been used before.