Because there's a photo showing them being staged-- with 8 people around them.
staged
adj 1: written for or performed on the stage; "a staged version of the novel" [ant: unstaged] 2: deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs" [syn: arranged]
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Obligatorily remarking at the seriousness of the offenses of these troops, I don't see them as being deliberately set up for some other effect. It looks to me like "Gee are we having a party here, or what"
What effect do you suppose that these brilliant minds were aiming at?