Since you asked... You're recent, and there's been a lot of shills on the board lately.  How does anyone know if your goal is honest discussion, or if you're a plant looking to stir up shit? As far as the question goes, there are a number of reasons for silence from Q.  Most of us don't have access to intel traffic, so we don't know if there's chatter and crosstalk that requires delicate and sensitive work to prevent some kind of nasty surprise from seriously deranged people.  Or maybe silence enhances the collection of intel on criminal activity.  In the meantime, people on the boards provide a public service digging up information from all over the web.  The people who want that stopped hate free and informed people.