Editor,
The Obama administration’s decision to not release photos after the death of Osama bin Laden reveals an alarming ignorance on the part of the U.S. government.
In essence government officials expect us to believe that releasing these photos would compromise “national security”? Is there anyone out there who still thinks this government is actually serving the interests of the people?
Director of the CIA’s national clandestine service stated that releasing the images could “be used to recruit, raise funds, inflame tensions, or rally support for causes and actions that reasonably could be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to both the national defense and foreign relations of the United States.”
Now, would images of a dead person cause more strife than the continued occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq? Do images of a corpse bother people in the Middle East more the Israeli and Palestinian conflict?
Perhaps the people in Washington still expect the ordinary me and you to swallow this propaganda without even blinking. For my part at least, all I can say is that these people need to stop kidding me. If you are going to lie like a devil then at least use a little more imagination.
Muhajir Romero
UNM student
