$165,000 of taxpayer money spent on trying to keep videos out of the public

The Department of Public safety is fighting to keep video tapes taken in a part of the state capitol out of public view. Attorney fees are being paid by the taxpayers money as this battle is being fought for 2 years now. The attorney general and state district judge both have ruled in favor of releasing the tapes. The DPS however feels that by releasing the tapes it will compermise the capitols security.
Senator Carona stated that this is a clear misuse of public funds. Homeland security is being used to as the reason to keep the tapes out of the public. According to the DPS, the tape shows to much sensitive information on the secutity and operating systems of the capitol. The whole argument started when a nonprofit newspaper asked for the tapes through the freedom of information act for a specific date in 2005. The case will go to the court of appeals in late October to decide.
This is a classic case of freedom of speech and freedom of the press againt the government security. The fact that we as taxpayers are paying for this fight for privacy between two government agencies seems wrong. Whether you support the right to know or the right to privacy for the government, it should make you think why are we paying for their fight?