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Photos of osama bin laden. the president broke the news on a taped interview with "60 minutes" to air sunday. interviewer steve croft. they did it this afternoon. >> did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> why won't you release them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing. and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating...

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Administrati administration, the president gave his reasons yesterday with cbs at 60 minutes". >> we're absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing. and so, there is to doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an insightment for additional violence, propaganda tool. that's not who we are. >> the president's comments come after jake carney went into detail yesterday about the dangers of making the images public. here's carney quoting president obama ...

The pictures that cnn haven't seen, that very few people in the world have seen are pictures of osama bin laden's dead body. today, president obama deciding those photos will not be released. in an interview that will air sunday, steve croft asked the president about a decision. listen. >> did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing, and so there's no doubt that we killed osam...

Internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence as a pop began da tool. that's not who we are. >> that's not who we are. mr. obama went on to say we don't trot out this stuff as trophies. we don't need to spike the football. president making essentially an ethical point of why he chose not to release those photos in sayin...