I think part of the goal was also to sell continuing operations to the American public. In other words, if they DIDN'T let out that they had information (without giving specifics), would we have a "bring them home - the job's done" opinion swelling here.

I mean, aren't you the same people who say that Obama is coldly calculating things to get his desired effects - supposedly in Marxist styles?

So why suddenly be 'careless'. No, I think it was VERY calculated to let the fact out that it wasn't JUST the death of bin Laden that we got from the raid.