- U.S. District Judge James E.
Boasberg denied the Freedom of Information Act request by the
conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch on Thursday and has
denied a request seeking photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden
during and after a raid in which he was killed by U.S. commandos last
year.
. He wrote that he
would not substitute his own judgment about the national security risks
in releasing the records for those of the executive branch who said
they should remain classified.
Boasberg said that the Defense
Department didn't turn up anything responsive to the FOIA, while the CIA
found 52 responsive records. The agency withheld all of them, citing
exemptions for classified materials and information specifically
exempted by other laws.Judicial Watch sued in federal court and the US district judge James Boasberg sided with the Obama administration.

"A
picture may be worth a thousand words," wrote Boasberg. "Yet, in this
case, verbal descriptions of the death and burial of Osama bin Laden
will have to suffice, for this court will not order the release of
anything more."