holding back information is critical. the goal is to get the 50 or so on the deck of cards. the other goal is to get bin laden. the other goal is to clean out some of the poison in iran and other local countries.
they don't care if the press, the french, the democratic party and the suicidal peace turds get to see the weapons of mass destruction.
the CIA already has highly classified information about neighboring countries that has to be dealt with carefully.