Along with the information is a rider from the White House that says, essentially, "DO NOT UPSTAGE THE PRESIDENT". It's generally understood that to do so would have some sort of negative repercussions akin to being iced-out of all future press events.
Still, there were some outlets that ignored the embargo. NBC, for example, was stating on-air what happened a solid 30 minutes before the president came out.
Also, the government knew of his location for months. They had enough time to construct a full-scale replica of the compound that the SEAL team used for training. It should come as no surprise that the US Government gave notice to the Royals that something was going to go down and that they should avoid traveling.
No conspiracy here, just political posturing.
edit on 5/3/2011 by atlguy because: (no reason given)

