From an article in the New York Times on Google Earth/Google Maps:
That was a year and a half ago, and the US Naval Observatory (home of the Lord of Darkness), is still pixellated. The White House, The US Capitol, the Pentagon, and even CIA Headquarters are shown in high resolution, so why is everything inside Observatory Circle still obscured?
Cheney likes to sunbathe nude.
Because having the home of the VP plainly visible from easily-obtainable aerial photographs is kind of a bad thing? I looked this up a while ago, and although the same thing applies to the WH, there’s some other reason why they can’t pixel that out.
I’m sure a library search could turn up a recent aerial photograph of every building in Washington, including the VP’s residence.
Thanks for the visual…
It could be that US Geological Survey satellites weren’t provided with the modern image filtering technology that allows cameras to safely capture the Vice President’s image.
I’m glad to see the White House gets a five-star rating. I might make a reservation.
Well, having decided to get playful with Google Maps in my old home of Washington DC…
The White House is in clear.
The Capitol is in clear.
All House and Senate office buildings are in clear.
The Pentagon is in clear.
The CIA complex is in clear.
The National Reconnaissance Office is in clear.
The National Security Agency is in clear.
Norfolk Navy Base is in clear.
Only the Naval Observatory is obscured.
What the HELL is he doing in there that makes it more paranoid than Central Intel and NSA?
Excuse me, I must go and boil my brain in acid.
I dunno. It is a bit of an open secret that after the first WTC attack, lots of anti-terrorism stuff was built all over Washington. At the Naval Observatory, the Veep got a “Secret” bunker under his pool.
Maybe they are hiding that.
So, by process of deduction, every place in Washington that is pixellated is a high security site. That’ll fool 'em.
How can you tell? It may be a speedo ™ the gut is hanging over. 
Someday, we will forgive you. Today is not that day.
Nah, it’s that thing Darth Vader lived in on the Death Star.
What are some of the other odd blurrings?
I know that rainbow tank in Boston is pixellated.
Terrifel:
National security. That’s where they keep the Gay Bomb. Shhhh.
He does this to regulate his internal body temperature.
I’ll bite- what is Rainbow Tank?
I can believe that the resolution might show a watermelon, but not its shriveled up stem.
Seriously, it would have been nice if Google had told him to get stuffed. If I was a publisher, I’d be tempted to put out a book of hi-res shots of the grounds. It seems that this is secrecy for the sake of secrecy.
It is necessary to protect the puppet master, not the puppet.