US resists release of Osama bin laden’s photos

Washington: Two years after the world’s most wanted terrorist was slain by American Special Forces, President Barack Obama’s administration is refusing to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body, warning that this would risk “grave damage” to national security.

In a statement released before the hearing, the channel said that the Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton argued “Obama is asking the courts to rewrite the Freedom of Information Act to allow the administration to withhold documents simply because their disclosure may cause controversy”.

Judicial Watch said its appeal makes clear that the group is not seeking information about equipment or techniques used in the raid.

“Defendants also have failed to provide any evidence that images depicting the burial at sea actually pertain to intelligence activities.”

“Nor have they demonstrated that the release of images of a somber, dignified burial at sea reasonably could be expected to cause identifiable or describable exceptionally grave damage to national security.”

The Federal Appeals Court reserved the judgement. But, it was not known when it will issue its ruling.