A blur that enveloped satellite images of Darth Cheney's VP residence for almost eight years was mysteriously lifted just days before movers carted off his belongings.
The images of 1 Observatory Circle in Washington, DC had appeared digitally blurred on imaging services since satellite pictures became widely available Bush's second term in office.
The new (and incredibly sharper) images of the Vice-Presidential mansion debuted on Google's mapping services on January 18, just days before Bush and Cheney officially left office. It confirmed to many the theory that Cheney had ordered the digital obfuscation because of his unnatural penchant for secrecy.
The theory gained even more credence when it was noted that no such blur existed on similar aerial or satellite images of the White House, the Capitol or the Pentagon. Google has always maintained that the pixellation was not its doing and that the images - provided by the US Geological Survey - were delivered partially obscured.
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