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Originally Posted by tofu
There are two optons:
1. It's just like 911 calls or black box recordings. They don't normally release that stuff because it's just so traumatic for everyone involved. Note that in the case of the 9/11 911 recordings, they have released the operator's side of the recordings, but they edited out what the passengers said. This sort of thing is normal. I'm sure that there are hundreds of people out there right now who had loved one's die in the pentagon or aboard the AA77 who are now looking at pictures of the exact moment their loved one died and feeling pretty bad about it. And for what? How does this video help us?
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I suspect that is part of it. Along those lines, New York City just released the 911 calls from people trapped in the towers in the last few months. Part of the delay was working with the families. My feeling is also that the FAA is also very slow in releasing such information, even when there isn't a criminal investigation. I suspect that a lot of this might have been getting all the agencies that might have a say in this to say yes (DoD, Dept. of Justice, FBI, FAA, etc.)
As others have mentioned there was also the on-going criminal investigation(s) and possibly other (terrorist) investigations. I also suspect there is a natural tendency in the Dept. of Defense not to rush to release things - once you open that barn door, the horses won't come back.