"52 images of Osama bin Laden that could make one's stomach churn" may be released

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Osama Bin Laden Death Photos May Be Released

First Posted: 01/31/2012 10:38 am Updated: 01/31/2012 3:42 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/osama-bin-laden-death-photos-released_n_1243898.html

Photographs and video recordings of Osama bin Laden's death may be released to the public, The Atlantic Wire reports.

According to ABC News, the CIA has at least 52 images of Osama bin Laden that could make one's stomach churn. The images in question reportedly are "quite graphic, as they depict the fatal bullet wound to UBL's (Osama bin Laden's) head and other similarly gruesome images of his corpse."

Following bin Laden's death, Judicial Watch brought a lawsuit demanding the release of images from the raid that killed bin Laden under the Freedom of Information Act. Now, it appears that the Justice Department may have to comply in part.

Dan Metcalfe, former director of the Department of Justice's Office of Information and Privacy, told The Atlantic Wire that according to the government's response to the lawsuit, there are parts of the records that are "legally required to be disclosed."

[FarLeftFist]

1. As much as I would rather them not be released I'd rather stand up for the FOIA