unlike the last administration, this one really did break up a terrorist plot

The GOP doesn't want to talk about it, but traditional law enforcement just broke
up a serious terrorist threat. No one was even waterboarded!

(Daily Kos)
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So, because the repugs won't talk about it, the "liberal media" won't talk about it, either.
Imagine if this had happened under bush's administration - there would have been wall-to-wall coverage for years!