Friday, January 11, 2013

U.S. Government Presents Legal Arguments That Releasing The Photos Of A Dead Bin Laden Will Incite Violence

Osama bin Laden

Images Of A Dead Bin Laden Still Dangerous: U.S. Lawyer -- Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty months after U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, the United States told a court on Thursday it is not ready to release images taken after the al Qaeda leader's death because they still might lead to violence.

A federal appeals court heard arguments in a lawsuit over whether the government must release the images under the Freedom of Information Act, a 1966 law that guarantees public access to some government records.

President Barack Obama's administration points to an exception in the law that covers documents classified in the interest of national defense.

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More News On The Courts Decision To Not Release The Osama Bin Laden Death Photos

Americans could die if bin Laden death photos are made public, judge cautions -- National Post/Bloomberg
Legal bid to allow the public to see graphic autopsy photos of Osama Bin Laden after he was shot dead by US special forces -- Daily Mail
Photos Of Bin Laden Post Mortem May Still Be Dangerous -- Inquisitr
US warns of ‘grave damage’ from bin Laden photos -- DAWN/AFP
U.S. Says Releasing Dead Bin Laden Photos Still Dangerous -- Radio Free Europe
A Conservative Watchdog Is Fighting To See Pictures Of Osama Bin Laden's Dead Body -- Business Insider
Will We Ever See the Osama bin Laden Corpse Photos? -- The Atlantic

My Comment:
I guess I will have to wait 50 - 100 years before these pictures and the autopsy report are finally released. Too bad .... if there is a corpse that I would like to see it is Bin Laden's.

1 comment:

D.Plowman said...

Will incite voilence?

O, ok... So the past months, year actually, there hasn't been an increase in violence regardless?

*Rolls eyes*

In any case, I actually don't see why they should release the photo. He's dead. Leave it at that.

Their reasoning for it however, is flawed.