http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/10/news-organizations-press-white-house-to-release-visual-proof-of-bin-ladens-death/ The news services are wading in. They want the photos. They claim Obama is deciding what is and what is not newsworthy.
I don’t think the story needs the pictures, but having access will get a lot of readers and lookers for one day or two.