On October 30th a Navy F-18 aircraft accidentally dropped a dummy bomb which clipped a warehouse and skidded harmlessly to a stop against a shed.  First of all, thank God it was a dummy.  Second, good thing it didn't crash through the roof of a school or shopping mall.  Third, was this really an accident?

All right, in this case I bet it was an accident.  Something to consider though is the not so immediately apparent benefit of having our military, FBI, CIA, or other large three letter organizations suffer well publicized screw-ups.  My guess is that they aren't necessarily all screw-ups, and if they are, the people in charge aren't always disappointed that the stories are publicized.  What better way to get the bad guys to relax and make mistakes than to let them believe the people in charge of hunting them down are a bunch of clowns?