I have been a hobbyist for 25+ years and I can say without hesitation that anything that THEY do not want us to hear, we would NOT hear anyway. It would be encrypted! Also, any comms that we can hear in the clear would be filled with so many code words, that nothing they say would enable a criminal to act on. I remember monitoring Secret Service before they went encrypted when the first George Bush came to town, and believe me, there was NOTHING said over the air that made any kind of sense. Just numbers and code words. So get over yourselves! As scanner hobbyists, we are not more informed about things than anyone else due to the popularity of media and social media these days. Even the media released the Pope's entire schedule by the hour, so nothing said on the radio would be any more informative. I also applaud that other user's sarcasm....minus well shut down the entire site if you're that paranoid. Haha.