Your timeline was mixed up regarding Reuters seeing the video and their FOIA request. The news value is that one is now able to objectively verify what happene

Your timeline was mixed up regarding Reuters seeing the video and their FOIA request. The news value is that one is now able to objectively verify what happened in the ultimate vicinity of the incident. And that just doesn't add up with what the military told the press. A WaPo reporter writing about footage without being able to show it is something quite different than footage being available for everyone to see. What I have found on HN is that people's judgement of the video gets distorted by their views about Wikileaks' methods. Their release methods have nothing to do with the validity of their material.