Calls To Release Bin Laden Burial Photos - Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com

WASHINGTON - The world is awaiting a ruling on whether the U.S. should release photos of Osama bin Laden's body. A federal appeals court panel is now considering whether the bin Laden photos should be released.

Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, argued Thursday before a three-judge panel that the Freedom of Information Act requires the government to release the pictures or better explain why the release of specific images would damage national security.

The judges, with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, did not say how soon they may rule.