President Obama's decision to not release any photographs of Osama bin Laden's corpse may not stand for long.
UPI.com is reporting:
WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- A conservative U.S. legal watchdog group said it may sue to force the Obama administration to release photos of a dead Osama bin Laden.
The group, Washington-based Judicial Watch, has already filed under the Freedom of Information Act for the pictures, and has sued the government many times in the past for the release of documents.
"We are prepared to sue if they don't respond as they are supposed to under the law," JW President Tom Fitton told The Hill. "I have not heard anything from the president that would provide a lawful basis for not providing the photos. Not wanting to be seen as 'spiking the football' is not a lawful reason to withhold documents under FOIA."
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/05/05/Group-may-sue-to-get-dead-bin-Laden-photos/UPI-95851304622639/#ixzz1LW5f6DFa
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