President Obama Decides Not To Release Osama Bin Laden Death Pics [Poll]
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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body as evidence of his death, an administration official briefed by the White House told CNN Wednesday.
The decision settles the debate over whether to release the images, though Obama's choice is sure to garner criticism.
Earlier, two top senators involved in national security said the photos of bin Laden's corpse should be released.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, who chairs the Armed Services Committee -- and who has not seen the photos -- said the United States should wait to allow the emotions of people around the world who may be sympathetic to bin Laden to cool down.
"I'd let a little time pass so we that we don't play into the hands of people who want to retaliate with what obviously will be a sensational picture. I would not want to feed that sensation so I'd wait days or weeks," he said.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee -- who said he has seen the photos -- said they should be made public right away.
"I think the question is, what's the negative that could come from it?" Chambliss asked. "One of these days they're going to be released; it's a question of whether it be now on our terms or (let) somebody else do it."
Chambliss described the photos as "what you would expect from somebody who's been shot in the head. It's not pretty."
The two men answered questions from reporters as they entered a classified briefing in the Capitol on the bin Laden raid with CIA Director Leon Panetta.
Neither lawmaker immediately commented after news of Obama's decision leaked out.
Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said he was against releasing any photos, saying that he didn't want to make the job of U.S. troops abroad "any harder than it already is."
"Imagine how the American people would react if al Qaeda killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the Internet. Osama bin Laden is not a trophy -- he is dead and let's now focus on continuing the fight until al Qaeda has been eliminated," he said.
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Comment by 1THUG aka PROJECK KEEM!! on May 5, 2011 at 11:39pm -
no body and i MEAN NOBODY should be able to make you jump for joy in tha streets wit out givin you somethin!! stoopit neggaz out there jumpin like mike jordan after he won tha first chip over LA.....neggaz jumpin and believin somethin wit out no type of proof...you think ya gubbament wont lie to you?
you neggaz better go READ SOME BOOKS!! paperbacks NOT JUSS E-VERSIONS!!
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Comment by jay queens on May 5, 2011 at 11:22pm -
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Comment by Wuns on May 5, 2011 at 3:36pm -
Lets get rid of f***** a** Obama. This dude is one of the most dumbest matha Fucka on earth. He's doing the same thing as red neck a** Bush. Right wing, left wing, same body of lies. We need a new government fast or we are all in trouble.
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Comment by BIGGUNINYUHFACE on May 5, 2011 at 11:16am -
theres nobin laden he made up just like santa clause and the bible! do ur research!
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Comment by Don Goodie on May 5, 2011 at 10:49am -
First you got rid of the body and now you don't wanna show us pictures. WTH you take us for some gullable, no-brain f****...innocent people died at the towers. Why can't you provide us with closure. Mr President, don't you think we deserve more than words.
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Comment by MASTERMIND2200 on May 5, 2011 at 10:33am -
there lying, now i heard that they didn't kill him in the house they took him some where else and shot him, com on man....plus if you goggle osama killed you will see they killed this dude like 10 times .....make you go huuuuuum
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Comment by K. Quamique Hakim on May 5, 2011 at 9:57am -
They are not publishing pictures of Bin Laden because they are not real.
K. Quamique Hakim
Chairman/CEO
Group Ei8ht, LLC.
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Comment by Deetrix on May 5, 2011 at 9:50am -
Go to google images and type osama bin laden dead youll find a small pic of him with a bullet in his head
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Comment by piggy_smallz on May 5, 2011 at 9:47am -
The bottom line is that we cannot even begin to have peace until we stop the cycle of jubilation over acts of violence.
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