I'm wondering if maybe it would have been better for the attack to have been announced prior as a stress test of some sort. Maybe then, with some heads up, people wouldn't now be so angry about it. 

I don't really know where I fall on this but I definitely see the better arguments coming from the "It was bad" camp. I see the utility of it, but I can't help but feel that the anger over it is completely justified. 

Fumbled ball for sure.