US court rules Bin Laden death photos can stay secret

May 21, 2013 21:58

A US appeals court ruled today that the federal government is not required to release photos that were taken of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden after he was killed by special forces.

The Al-Qaeda leader was slain at his Pakistani compound in May, 2011, by US Navy SEAL commandos, who took pictures of their target's corpse in order to confirm the success of their mission.

In a 14-page opinion, the judges wrote that The Central Intelligence Agency had refused to release the photos "on the ground that the images were classified Top Secret.

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