The case disputes the decision of the government to withhold over 50
photographs and videos that were supposedly taken during the killing of
Osama Bin Laden. The raid is said to have taken place on the 1st of May,
2011 at the compound of the terrorist in Pakistan. The decision by
federal government to withhold these images was backed by the federal
courts. However, the Judicial Watch has proceeded to the U.S Supreme
Court for the decision to be reviewed. The argument that the government
gives is that the images might anger the enemies of the United States
and increase the threat of another attack. The appeal seeks to overrule
the decision by the federal courts and to pressurize the DoD and CIA to
release the images to the public domain. The Judicial Watch had first requested for the images and/or videos from
the DoD and CIA. However, because they didn’t respond, the organization
decided to take the matter to court. The organization had also filed a
motion earlier that was against the Department of the Navy for refusing
to share the actual details of the funeral and burial of Osama Bin
Laden. The Navy in its defense said that the information could be used
by enemies of the United States and the Islamists could also be incited
to attack American citizens. The Judicial Watch claimed that it was only
seeking the description of the burial and not any sensitive information
that could undermine the future operations of the military. ***Read article at RINF***
Also see: December 26, 2001 FOX NEWS Report: Bin Laden Already Dead
Also see: Interview with Osama bin Laden. Denies his Involvement in 9/11
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