White House won’t release bin Laden photos after all

A White House announcement contradicts an earlier statement by CIA director Leon Panetta. Insert joke about the compentency of our intelligence agencies here.  Via CBS: In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday’s “60 Minutes,” President Obama says he won’t release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden taken to prove his death. Video of the comments [...]

CIA director: White House will release bin Laden death photos

Via Vanity Fair’s Juli Weiner: After much initial internal debate—or the appearance of much initial internal debate—it looks as if the White House will release a postmortem photo of Osama bin Laden. As C.I.A. director Leon Panetta told NBC’s Brian Williams yesterday evening, “[T]he government obviously has been talking about how best to do this, [...]