Neither the French nor the USA "HATCHED" anything. There is strong suspicion that Al Qaeda was going to blow me up in Las Vegas. Now who released the information, was it the French wanting to hurt US efforts. Was it the USA and French security forces trying to foil the plot? The media said the people who they were suspicious of never showed for the flight. If the plot was foiled and there was no hope of apprehending the indivduals who the security forces were suspicious of then as I said it's good
PR to release the fact that a potential terrorist attack was foiled. It just goes to show just how SAFE we are now.