White House Refuses to Release 'Gruesome' Osama Bin Laden Death Photos -- ABC News
The CIA has 52 separate photos and videos of Osama bin Laden's body, the U.S. raid that killed him, and his burial at sea, but refuses to release them. In a Justice Department document filed earlier this week, a top CIA official argues the government is "wholly exempt" from disclosing the images because publication might inspire terror attacks on U.S. targets.
The refusal came in response to a lawsuit by the conservative group Judicial Watch, which filed a Freedom of Information Act request on May 4, three days after the raid on bin Laden's Pakistan compound, asking for the release of the death images. The Department of Justice responded with a declaration from John Bennett, director of the National Clandestine Service of the CIA, arguing that disclosure of the images is a security risk.
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My Comment: These photos and videos will be released one day .... but not today.
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