The whole live broadcast thing is kind of weird. And are everyone's tv sets just automatically set to pick up that live signal regardless of what they are already watching/if the tv is off? I guess the live broadcast did provide them the ability to use any rebel action to stop the broadcast against them as an excuse to show Edea and Galbadia's power like they did with Balamb.

But what about that dog that's hanging out in the square at Dollet before you go to the tower? That dog is kind of suspicious. I'm pretty sure it howled at one point when you were going to the tower maybe? Was it signalling to the Galbadian army that the SeeD were on the move? Dog = Ultimecia