The debate on whether or not the public should be told of an impending worldwide catastrophic event certainly would have been settled many years ago. The outcome of that decision, albeit secret, can be seen indirectly by the actions taken by those in control of this knowledge.

From past news news:
- Cheney builds bunker at his home using explosives causing considerable concern to residents.
- Senate seeking safe areas 1,000 miles from current location to ensure continuation in the event of a "terrorist attack" or whatever.
- Secret underground structures such as Mt. Weather ect.

Asteroid warnings debated
Better not to know doomsday is near?
By Diedtra Henderson
Denver Post Science Writer

Friday, February 14, 2003 - The same type of monster asteroid that struck Earth 65 million years ago, extinguishing the dinosaurs, lurks in the dark recesses of space right now.
The good news is that researchers have a clear idea where most of those disaster-makers orbit and none is poised to end life as we know it anytime soon.

But not everyone's convinced that warnings of an extinction-level asteroid strike should become common knowledge.

Take Geoffrey Sommer, a policy analyst at the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif.

Sommer suggested to fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science panelists that it might do more harm than good to warn the public about a massive asteroid strike if there is so little warning that the masses can't be evacuated.