Secretary of Defense Weinberger and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Crowe waited at the Pentagon for reports from CINCEUR Headquarters in Germany and Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. While they waited, they listened to CNN reports from Tripoli. The reporter described the city as calm and quiet but very tense. Suddenly the reporter shouted, "I'm hearing bombs and gunfire! . . . I can see rockets! I think there's an attack going on!" The strike was right on time.