Most probably it is this unwelcome conclusion that has caused repeated postponements to a prime ministerial announcement railing against Islamists in our midst, so keenly anticipated by securocrats, to follow hard on the review.
For Mr. Obama, his prime-time announcement was the latest in a series of defining moments in his presidency.
This graph shows the number of flags in selected prime ministerial announcements, based on AAP photo coverage of press conferences and footage posted to Tony Abbott's YouTube account.
Trump likes the suspense: With a showman's sense of timing, he boasted last year that he kept Gorsuch's selection closely held until the prime-time announcement.
But for the prime-time announcement of the memorable-moments poll, you granted Pete a dispensation that let him bask in the long, loud ovation and the "Hall of Fame" chant you had to hear.
In the run-up to Trump's prime-time announcement, which was carried live by every network, most of the reporting pointed to Gorsuch as the pick — with most people hedging their bets only because Trump is, well, Trump.
Here, I've collated the number of flags in backdrops to prime ministerial announcements posted to Tony Abbott's YouTube channel, with the addition of his election night acceptance speech and the recent six and eight flag announcements: After starting on a high of four flags at his election victory speech, the average flags per announcement (excluding the recent additions) is 1.5.
Tomorrow, the administration will try to do just that with a prime-time announcement of a Supreme Court nominee.
The day after Mr. Bush made his announcement, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain announced that his government, too, would conduct an independent inquiry into the intelligence agencies' performance.
"The Prime Minister's announcement will be regarded as jumping the parliamentary gun in announcing the fact that UK airpower was used explicitly to bomb something on the ground inside Syria".
The prime minister's announcement left European leaders dumbfounded.
