People are Monday Morning Quarterbacking Bob Woodward's decision not to reveal to the public what he knew about tRump's inaction on Covid-19 last winter. The real outrage should be against tRump but its easier to blame the messenger at times. Although Woodward had no obligation to reveal anything to anyone there might be a good reason for his silence. An example from wildlife law enforcement might explain it.
John Cooper, a Special Agent with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Pierre, South Dakota, was sent to coastal Louisiana to work undercover on hunters who were killing large numbers of Snow Geese. There was also some evidence the geese were being illegally sold in food markets. In the late 1980s when this happened, the maximum number of snow geese a hunter could possess in a single day was five birds.
John told me about watching one hunter kill more than 200 snow geese before he took any action. As soon as he killed the 6th goose, John could have cited him but he chose to wait. Allowing the hunter to kill 200 snow geese made the case that much stronger in court. Showing a judge 200 dead geese when the limit was 5 was pretty strong evidence the hunter knew what he was doing and he kept at it.
I wonder if the same can't be said for the Porcine Pussy Grabber, his comments to Woodward about Covid-19, and Woodward's decision to keep a lid on the information? tRump made it obvious on February 7 that he knew exactly what was going on with Covid but Woodward just let him keep talking. Doing so now provides us with abundantly clear evidence tRump knew what the truth was and chose to look the other way with no regard for facts - just like that goose hunter with 200 more geese than the limit allowed.
I see your point, and the analogy is a good one. Still, one must wonder what Snow Goose #7 and all subsequent geese killed to make the point would have thought about it! Why not 10? 15? In my opinion, waiting until 200 were dead is WAY beyond "making the case." Given that Snow Geese numbers were destroying their breeding-ground territory and weren't at all endangered, it still sounds over the top.
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