XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: youmustbejoking@lan.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:23:45 -0400, Chris Hoelscher wrote:   
      
   > at the Council of Elrond. Elrond (and others) refused to reveal the   
   > possessors The Three. WHY? At this same meeting they openly discussed   
   > the possessor of The One and its intended disposition - much more   
   > "dangerous" information to be made public (within the council attendees,   
   > that is) - so if the attendees could be trusted with intel on The One,   
   > why not on The Three? (or is/was there another reason for withholding   
   > the information?)   
      
   Simple.  It's a basic security fundamental.  The fewer people who know   
   about something, the more secure that knowledge is.  Why tell people who   
   don't need to know?  That information was completely irrelevant to the   
   matters at hand during the Council of Elrond.   
      
      
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