Equivocator You seem to be entirely missing the point which Michael Yon makes. How is OPSEC breached if the Taliban already know that they have successfully downed a Chinook and Yon is merely telling our side the truth of the matter?
Is it a satisfactory state of affairs that everyone (military/civilian taxpayers) should be treated as mushrooms (in my fairly lengthy military service it used to mean "kept in the dark and fed on horse-****" - have things changed?).
I note with interest that the American approach to Media Ops is not to rely on obfuscation and mendacity under the cover of OPSEC. I further understand that no American breach of security through media brief has ever benefited the Taliban.