[Imal]

When did DoD release these pictures?

Recently, if my theory is correct.

[LucyJo]

I like your theory on first reading, and hope you are right. It has been suggested earlier on this thread that the Left may be responsible for the leaks and timing of the brouhaha in the press. That is plausible as well, and would make it really funny if our "dumb", "stupid", president once again turned the tables on their best efforts at "gotcha".