Why is Sea launch so anal with information?

In article .com,
wrote:
What does Sea Launch think they are gaining by being so stingy with
information about why they had to scrub two launches?

In addition to the problems of a multinational effort, which others have
already mentioned, bear in mind that Sea Launch has already been soaked
$10M once by the US State Dept. for revealing unclassified technical
details of (gasp) rocket technology to the Wrong People (the guys who
build their rockets) without filling out the proper paperwork first.
People tend to have long memories for being fined amounts like that.

It's doubly awkward to get consensus on information release when you have
to fill out US government paperwork before you can even *discuss* the
issue with the people who have to agree on it.
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