Canada's Most Public "Secret" Mission

Note to CanWest News Service.

Here's the definition of secret:

"not open or public; kept private or not revealed; clandestine; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods"

Here's your lead paragraph from this article (.pdf here in case link doesn't work):

"Canada wrapped up a secret mission this week that provides the country's military a greater intelligence role in Afghanistan - literally from a Canadian perspective."

Here's what the news release issued May 8, 2009 said:

"The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today announced that two CP-140 Auroras deployed overseas yesterday for approximately two months to produce maps for Joint Task Force-Afghanistan...."

Announced mission =/= "secret" mission

Thus endeth the lesson - more here if needed.