The conservative legal watchdog group Judicial Watch is suing the CIA and Defense Department for the release of photos and videos from the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, asserts that the American public has a legal right to this information, challenging the Obama administration's reluctance to disclose it. The lawsuit emphasizes that the government must justify its decision to withhold these documents in federal court, reinforcing the principle that no administration is above the law.
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drankin said:Why do we need pictures of his corpse?
Isn't it good enough to know that he won't be leading any terrorist organization again? Or are you afraid that he is actually still alive?
I don't understand the desire to see photos.
Antiphon said:This is pretty weak sauce. The US sailors who pushed him overboard can only report, not confirm that he in fact sank as a corpse. For all we know Colonel Ghadaffi's submarine may have picked up the sinking corpse and has been giving it CPR to this day.
samu.k said:I have thought about this, and in my opinion it would serve the interests of the government to release photos/additional proof that they actually did kill Osama.