{"id":417288,"date":"2011-05-04T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T09:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/u-s-officials-debate-release-of-bin-laden-photos\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T09:34:11","slug":"u-s-officials-debate-release-of-bin-laden-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/u-s-officials-debate-release-of-bin-laden-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. officials debate release of bin Laden photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"78.0169491525\">\n<div readability=\"72.4201869159\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>WH debates release of bin Laden photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NEW:<\/strong> Officials debate the merits of such a release<\/li>\n<li><strong>NEW<\/strong>: A senior U.S. official says the clearest picture of bin Laden is gruesome<\/li>\n<li>CIA Director Leon Panetta says it&#8217;s up to the White House to make the final call<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I just think it&#8217;s important, they know we have it, to release it,&#8221; he says<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Washington (CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; CIA Director Leon Panetta said Tuesday he thinks a photograph of Osama bin Laden&#8217;s body will be released at some point, but that it is up to the White House to make the final call.<\/p>\n<p>A senior administration official said that no decision has been made yet as to whether to release the photo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just think it&#8217;s important, they know we have it, to release it,&#8221; Panetta said.<\/p>\n<p>He did not know when the photograph might be made public.<\/p>\n<p>Two Democratic senators, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Tuesday night they expected a photograph to be released shortly, but they did not have an exact time frame either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/bestoftv\/2011\/05\/03\/exp.am.intv.brennan.cnn\">Osama bin Laden&#8217;s dead, now what?<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/bestoftv\/2011\/05\/03\/exp.am.intv.brennan.cnn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/img\/3.0\/global\/icons\/video_icon.gif\" alt=\"Video\" border=\"0\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" class=\"cnnVideoIcon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An image of bin Laden&#8217;s body could help to convince doubters about his death, but it could also inflame passions against the United States. U.S. officials have said they are weighing the appropriateness of such a release.<\/p>\n<p>According to a senior U.S. official, the White House has received three sets of photographs. The first batch, which clearly show bin Laden&#8217;s body, was taken at a hangar in Afghanistan, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>The official described one of the images as a clear, but gruesome, picture of his face. Bin Laden is shown with a massive open head wound across both eyes, the official said, adding that the image would not be appropriate for the front pages of newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>The other photos include the raid on the compound and bin Laden&#8217;s burial at sea, according to the official.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/05\/03\/bin.laden.fake.photo\/index.html\">Widely distributed photo is a fake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Sen. Diane Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she saw no need to release an image since there is other evidence to prove bin Laden is dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just don&#8217;t see a need to do it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The DNA has been dispositive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman said it may be necessary to release an image to erase any doubts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve said unless al Qaeda acknowledged that bin Laden was dead, it was important for the United States to release pictures of his body to confirm he is dead,&#8221; he said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN&#8217;s Jessica Yellin and Ted Barrett contributed to this report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div readability=\"17.0089808668\">\n<div readability=\"3.83018867925\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.45033112583\">\n<p>While bin Laden wore the mantle of a religious leader, his theology was a radical departure from traditional orthodox Islam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"6.18181818182\">\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Richard Quest says the estimated $2.5 trillion that Osama bin Laden cost the U.S. economy is only the beginning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"6.37837837838\">\n<p>Piers Morgan asks what sort of political advantage has President Obama gained as a result of getting Osama bin Laden?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8.24858757062\">\n<p>Osama bin Laden, who had declared war on Pakistan, had apparently been living for months in a city that had made its name as a military garrison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.68292682927\">\n<p>The killing of Osama bin Laden is &#8220;an enormously significant moment in the fight against al Qaeda terrorism,&#8221; a CNN terrorism analyst says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.33333333333\">\n<p>Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1957. He was the 17th of 52 children fathered by one man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.56593406593\">\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no one who can replace him,&#8221; says CNN security expert Peter Bergen. &#8220;When you join al Qaeda you pledge a personal oath of allegiance (to him.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"6.79452054795\">\n<p>Americans broke into celebration in a show of patriotism against the man who committed his life to attacking U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> WH debates release of bin Laden photo STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Officials debate the merits of such a release NEW : A senior U.S. official says the clearest picture of bin Laden is gruesome CIA Director Leon Panetta says it&#8217;s up to the White House to make the final call &#8220;I just think it&#8217;s important, they know we have it, to release it,&#8221; he says Washington (CNN) &#8212; CIA Director Leon Panetta said Tuesday he thinks a photograph of Osama bin Laden&#8217;s body will be released at some point, but that it is up to the White House to make the final call. A senior administration official said that no decision has been made yet as to whether to release the photo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. officials debate release of bin Laden photos - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/u-s-officials-debate-release-of-bin-laden-photos\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"U.S. officials debate release of bin Laden photos - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"WH debates release of bin Laden photo STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Officials debate the merits of such a release NEW : A senior U.S. official says the clearest picture of bin Laden is gruesome CIA Director Leon Panetta says it&#039;s up to the White House to make the final call &quot;I just think it&#039;s important, they know we have it, to release it,&quot; he says Washington (CNN) -- CIA Director Leon Panetta said Tuesday he thinks a photograph of Osama bin Laden&#039;s body will be released at some point, but that it is up to the White House to make the final call. 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