[Yaelle]

Why isn’t this whole story explained to the American people? What the hell happened?

[ecomcon]

Because the whole point is demoralization, and the American media is 100% about demoralization.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

My guess as someone with some experience is that the crew/OIC completely screwed up, and the full story is just embarrassing as hell for the Navy.

Eventually, the story will leak out from folks in the Navy, but that will take awhile.