Should the U.S. Release the Death Photos of Bin Laden?

Absolutely, but it won't be pretty:

The Obama administration has photographs of Osama bin Laden’s dead body and officials are debating what to do with them and whether they should be released to the public, officials tell ABC News.

“There’s no doubt it’s him,” says a US official who has seen the pictures and also reminds us that OBL was 6’4”.

The argument for releasing them: to ensure that the public knows and can appreciate that he’s dead. There is of course skepticism throughout the world that the US government claim that it killed bin Laden is true.

The argument against releasing the pictures: they’re gruesome. He has a massive head wound above his left eye where he took bullet, with brains and blood visible.

Of course, pretty is in the eye of the beholder and to many it will be a beautiful sight indeed.

Because of the conspiracy theories that are already rampaging across the social networks I think it's absolutely necessary to release proof of the killing.  Even better would be any video the Seals might have taken during the raid.  Pop some popcorn and roll the tape.

UPDATE from Twitter:

@DLoesch Drudge and ABC said the WH will release photos of the corpse.