Is it time to start thinking of censoring the media?

We have all seen the reports and read in the news how the media foils plan after plan of military operations in our war against terrorism. The reason you ask? Well, it is because they want to be the first to report it for ratings. However, what they are doing is letting the enemy know what we are doing and that has consequences for us.

Let's take the recent incident of the rescue attempt to get the hostages. The ISIL members saw what the news was reporting and knew we were looking for them with drones and we were coming over. They didn't know when, but they knew we were going to try something. So what did they do? They started moving the hostages around more and made it almost impossible for us to find them.

I can also go all the way back to when I was in Iraq in '06. I would call home about once a month or every other month when we were back on base and my wife would be able to tell me what I had been doing and what I would be doing before I could tell her or knew what I was doing. This was due to the media and the wife support group as well.

Is it time to start thinking about some way to stop the media from leaking this critical information when lives are on the line? Should there be a 24-48 hour window for the military to conduct their operation before anyone in the media can say anything? What are your thoughts?