Last night, Judicial Watch took issue with those arguments as applied to the burial photos:
Conspicuously absent from Defendants’ argument is any proof of how, for example, images of bin Laden’s body as it was being prepared for burial at sea or images of the actual burial at sea itself would reveal information about the identities of the members of the U.S. Navy SEAL team that carried out the raid or the tools and equipment used by the SEAL team during the raid. Similarly, Defendants make no effort to describe how images of bin Laden’s body taken as it was being transported to the location of its burial at sea would reveal site exploitation tactics, techniques, or procedures employed at bin Laden’s compound in Abottabad, Pakistan. Obviously, images taken on board the USS Carl Vinson of the burial at sea are not going to reveal site exploitation tactics, techniques, or procedures used in the Abottabad compound or even facial recognition techniques or capabilities. Defendants have completely failed to correlate particular records to specific legal theories and therefore have failed to satisfy their burden as a matter of law.
Another point Judicial Watch raised is why the top-secret aspects of the images couldn't be blurred out or digitally-scrambled
