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Here's a quote from the 60 min interview :

Obama said that "we don't need to spike the football."

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Originally Posted by Teri Lacy:


Apparently Obama says the White House will not release a photo of Osama bin Laden's body.  Obama made the remarks during an interview today with CBS' "60 Minutes.

Interestingly, it also was "60 Minutes" who first released the Abu Ghraib photos after the Evil Boosh administration asked them not to do it, for the same reasons.

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Originally Posted by Scott Terry:
I'm betting that if this were 3 years ago and the Evil Boosh were in office, loons like Eric Holder, the ACLU, and the New York Times would be demanding they be released.  There would be an outcry that would last for weeks.

I agree, and it's one of the many dysfunctions I've always disliked about politics. It's not ultimately about what's right, wrong, or truthful; it's about one party trying to present a perception of proof that they're right and the other is wrong.

It never ceased to amaze me how so many referred to Bush as Evil while conveniently ignoring the 'fact' that they're not privy to the exact same information as Bush (or any president) was/is as they made their presidential choices. And like Teri said, this is a matter of national security and I don't feel the general public deserves or has the right to see exactly what President Obama and top government sees as they're strategizing their efforts against terrorists and terrorism. What 'good' comes from the release of such graphically pictorial or video information?

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Originally Posted by Scott Terry:

Originally Posted by Teri Lacy:

Apparently Obama says the White House will not release a photo of Osama bin Laden's body.  Obama made the remarks during an interview today with CBS' "60 Minutes.

Interestingly, it also was "60 Minutes" who first released the Abu Ghraib photos after the Evil Boosh administration asked them not to do it, for the same reasons.

I had forgotten that ...

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Originally Posted by Shawn Ishness:
And like Teri said, this is a matter of national security and I don't feel the general public deserves or has the right to see exactly what President Obama and top government sees as they're strategizing their efforts against terrorists and terrorism. What 'good' comes from the release of such graphically pictorial or video information?

On a personal level, I'd like to see them.  

From a national security perspective, I'm like most ... I also don't think they should be released.