Title: WHITE HOUSE RELEASES BIN LADEN DEATH PHOTO Source:
Drudge URL Source:http://drudgereport.com/ Published:May 3, 2011 Author:Drudge Post Date:2011-05-03 10:22:21 by Happy Quanzaa Keywords:None Views:13758 Comments:34
From CNNs National Political Correspondent Jessica Yellin
A Senior US Official tells CNN 10 hard drives, 5 computers and more than 100 storage devices which includes discs, DVDs and thumb drives were taken from the compound.
The senior us official also says the White House received 3 sets of photos yesterday. The photos included:
1. Photos of OBLs body at a hangar after he was brought back to Afghanistan. This is the most recognizable with a clear picture of his face. The picture is gruesome because he has a massive open head wound across both eyes. Its very bloody and gory.
2. Photos from the burial at sea on the USS Carl Vinson. Photos of OBL before the shroud was put on and then wrapped in the shroud.
3. There are photos of the raid itself that include photos of the two dead brothers, one of OBLs dead son (adult adolescent, maybe approx 18 yrs old) and some of the inside scene of the compound.
The official says the challenge is that the picture that includes the most recognizable image of OBLs face from the hangar in Afghanistan is so gruesome and mangled its not appropriate for say the front page of the newspaper. On the other hand, this is the one that is most identifiable as him.
Impossible to justify withholding the pictures as being sensitive to Muslim sensibilities than publishing them for all to see. We (and they) have had no problem in the past with Muslim sensibilities by airing such pictures and film.