Google Earth Non Grata

The US military has banned teams from Google Earth from entering their bases to take 360 degree panorama video and images because of potential security issues. This makes total sense to me. No need to do the terrorists' surveillance jobs for them, right?

But maybe there's more to it. Perhaps the military is still embarrassed about the revelation in September that one of their naval barracks in Coronado, California is shaped like a swastika after it showed up on a Google Earth satellite image (above). I can just picture the architect pleading in his defense, "I never thought anyone would see it from above!"

Either way, keep Google Earth out. Some things need to remain off-limits.