A major issue that isn't really getting enough attention is the volume of video -- 41,000 hours -- and the problems that presents.
Some folks are saying "release it all to the public", but that's almost impossible technologically speaking. How would each of us go about acquiring and storing that much data? And even if they could figure out a way to make it all accessible, what good would it do? How many of us have the ability to review 41,000 hours of video to find the stuff that actual matters? That may be part of the problem Tucker is having -- like trying to get one particular sip of water out of a firehose. Part of what the government is arguing is that most of this data actually was made available for access by defense counsel, do they have no right to complain. But of course, they'd have some of the same problems.
The real issue is that the FBI, etc., was able to use facial recognition software, coupled with other investigatory information, to isolate the clips applicable to each individual. But without that, it's needle in a haystack time. It was up to the prosecutors to provide all of those clips to each individual defendant, not just put up some server with 41,000 videos and a "look for yourself" mentality. Absent that, it likely is going to take awhile to cull from those 41,000 hours of video the bits that actually show something of value, plus having enough context to explain why the particular clip is relevant.
