I understand. So, apparently the President chose allow his credibility to be undermined for some higher purpose. Unfortunately, it is making our addressing the Iranian problem very problematic, as any intelligence is immediately questioned as faulty. As well, if we can’t address Iran as a sponsor of terror, making Iraq ultimately safe will be extremely difficult, if not impossible. Thanks anyway, thank you for your service, and stay safe.
IMO, he’s either waiting for an oportune moment to release the findings, or is waiting to uncover as much as possible before making a wide-spread claim of finding such devices.
They may be hoping (or have intel suggesting) that those who are charged with hiding the last remants of the devices may not have the means to effectively communicate with each other. They live in silent seperation from each other.
This would feed well into the paranoia Saddam was known to have.
In short, a media broadcast would give the bad guys a heads up that they would otherwise not have.
Again, just IMO.