By Imy Brighty-Potts Americans are tonight stunned to hear even President Joe Biden did not know his Defense Secretary was terribly sick in the ICU. Lloyd Austin remained in the hospital Sunday night and a storm is brewing over The Pentagon’s failure to disclose his hospitalisation, in what has been criticised as a shocking lack of transparency about his illness, how serious it was and when he may be released. With a myriad national security crises affecting the US, many feel this secrecy runs counter to normal practice with the president and other senior U.S. officials and Cabinet members. A …