but why did take so long to get pictures , were they afraid to touch it until Obama phoned and told them ,it’s yours ,Merry Xmas
He will analyze how this will affect his campaign; wait for public opinion feedback; and then deliberately do absolutely nothing.
Maybe the Iranians were worried about an auto-destruct mechanism, and needed time to search for and neutralize it, provided the drone actually has one.
To be honest, if I were in their shoes, I would assume it does have some kind of auto-destruct. Better safe than sorry, as the old adage goes.