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Obama Won't Release Photos of Osama bin Laden's Dead Body

President Barack Obama won't release photos taken of Osama bin Laden after death, according to Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes. Kroft says during his interview with the president (the first since bin Laden's death), Obama made it clear he will never allow the release of the death photos.

Rep. Mike Rogers, Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman, told CBS news he has seen the death photos. Rogers says there's no point in releasing them - because conspiracy theorists won't believe the photos are genuine anyway:

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