From CNN:

Despite mounting pressure from some lawmakers and dissent within the ranks of his top advisers, President Barack Obama decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s dead body, a White House spokesman said Wednesday.

“It is not in our national security interest … to allow these images to become icons to rally opinion against the United States,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters.

“We have no need to publish those photographs to establish that Osama bin Laden was killed,” he said.

Here’s the thing. Even if the photos are released, it’s not going totally dispel all doubts about the government’s claims regarding the alleged death of Osama bin Laden. After all, photographs are easily manipulated these days. However, the fact that the Obama administration is refusing to release the photos is only serving to fuel the fires of doubt and speculation.

Combine that with the hasty burial at sea and the fact that so many reports about the events of the raid in Pakistan have been conflicting, and it’s little wonder many of us have a hard time believing the administration is being honest. This is either one of the biggest blunders in recent White House history, or a deliberate attempt to conceal the truth.