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05-06-2011, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by OzukakiBurasuki View Post
The the probable reason the government is choosing not to realize photos is that they are exercising "prior restraint", which allows the government to censor and hold release of certain information that is attempted to be made public if the information would cause public panic or danger. So, it would mean that the American government does not wish to show these photos due to a possible negative response from al-Qaeda or the Middle East that might cause harm to American civilians.
Didn't they show Saddam's sons and the executioner of 9/11 all dead? Why didn't they censor those? Surely they would have upset the Arab world to some point....
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