Feds to justify withholding bin Laden photos by September 26
Josh Gerstein|Politico
The Pentagon and the CIA have agreed to explain by Sept. 26 their legal basis for not disclosing photos and video of the U.S. raid that killed Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, according to a new court filing.
The Justice Department and Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group that filed Freedom of Information Requests for the raid imagery, proposed a schedule Thursday for resolving a lawsuit over the unfulfilled FOIA requests. President Barack Obama said soon after the raid that he had decided not to release any of the images. He said doing so could incite further violence or serve as a recruitment tool for terrorists.
The schedule submitted to U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg to calls for the government to file its key motion against the suit by September 26. That usually means the government will provide a formal response to the requests by that day.
Another bad post. Why would you release such photos? To mock an entire region that the USA killed a leader (a BAD person in my eyes)with out regard for the sovereignty and jurisdiction of another country. Yes, released the photos to a media that will blow any story up for ratings. Sure that would be great diplomacy.
Remember this scene in Stir Crazy “Yeah we bad, you know it!!!” Remember, Stir Crazy is a movie not real life. That is tasteless to provide such photos to shown all around the world. The message is out there. Enough is Enough
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