RedKing:
I wasn't aware that you had stated these things before, and I apologize for doubting you. And I agree that there are probably a fair number of asshats, just like any profession. What I don't agree with is the constant insistence by certain members of the forum that every single person who holds a defense-related job has the mental capacity of a toddler. You yourself are living proof that the opposite is true. That, and the obvious fact that the country still exists and is still running, albeit not quite as smoothly as it could be.
I don't actually see that insistence myself. I see some intimations that military/law enforcement are evil, sneaky pricks but not so much idiots.
I have a fairly balanced view on the subject myself. There's nothing inherently bad or corrupt about the profession itself or the vast majority of people in that profession. But that's not to say that they're all white knights beyond reproach. There are plenty of documented instances of cops/soldiers/officers going beyond the pale, violating training, and committing actions for which they should be rightly held accountable.
That's complicated by the fact that their job requires a certain amount of secrecy, and the people who abuse their power in the first place are also likely to abuse that secrecy to hide their actions. It's even further complicated by the fact that prosecuting a war is itself an inherently distasteful activity. War requires good people to do bad things. Often legally, which does not mitigate them for those who find it distasteful to begin with.
And beyond even that, our notions of what is acceptable and unacceptable have definitely "civilized" over the years. Taken by today's standards, most of WWII was one big war crime. The Allies firebombed civilian population centers into ashes, carpetbombed indiscriminately, etc. The Axis....well, I think German and Japanese war crimes are pretty well documented. Both sides had multiple documented instances of massacreing surrendering POWs (which was a war crime even then).
Bottom line: Sometimes the military has good reasons to hide information. Sometimes they don't. In this particular case, based on what little we know, my personal opinion is that this is probably mostly valid. That's the extent of my opinion. It's not a blanket "CENSORSHIP IS BAD!" or "WHY DO YOU HATE OUR TROOPS!" screed.