Federal appeals court hears arguments on release of bin Laden photos
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] heard arguments Thursday on whether to release photos of the body of former al Qaeda [JURIST news archive] leader Osama Bin Laden [WP obituary; JURIST news archive]. The judges appeared unswayed [AP report] by arguments made by conservative government watchdog group Judicial Watch (JW) [advocacy website] which has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [5 USC § 552] request [JURIST report] for the release of photos and videos showing bin Laden's body as well as his subsequent funeral at sea. Judicial...