You bet they do.
Its news.
They would want to be the first on it, unless the Whitehouse disagrees with exposing it to the public. And I don't see why the Whitehouse would oppose since it was already reveal to the public via the net by the enemy.
Do you happen to have their eddresses? The more who send this to them, the more likely they will be to come across this (They must get a ton of mail everyday)