Much as I hate to play the radical moderate in this latest
below-the-beltway she-said she-said blog fracas regarding the
blurriness of the Den of Vice (President Cheney), the facts are:
The New York Times corrections page is correct:  Although images
of the White House and its environs are now clear in the Google
Earth database, the view of the vice president’s residence in
Washington remains obscured.  Check for yourself [KML]. He lives
next to the Naval Observatory, on the north-eastern slice of the
blurred circle. It’s easy enough to cycle by it and ogle the
house through the fence (or at least it was in 1994-95, when I
lived a few blocks away, and there was always an off-chance of
catching a glimpse of the then very eligible Gore daughters. Not
that I was stalking or anything:-)  The Veep’s residence is the
only blurred bit that I’ve encountered of late in Google Earth.
There are likely more concealed bits on US military bases, but
in the past, clamour enough and Google refreshes the database
with clear v