The United States should not release Osama bin Laden's death photos.

Osama bin Laden is dead, and now many want to see pictures. The high school gossip in me wants something to gawk at. The doubting Thomas in me needs "proof" to settle my suspicions. But some suspicions can never be settled, and I believe that releasing these photos will put Americans, especially those overseas who are trying to protect us, in danger. For me, that is the deciding factor - we should not do anything that makes their tough job even more dangerous.

Document the history of this weekend's raid, put the photos into an archive, and release them in 50 years. Hopefully, by then the world will be so far past the present terrorism insanity that the pictures will appear an incredible relic of times long ago.

P.S. For those doubters, were Osama bin Laden alive, he could completely discredit the current U.S. government by releasing a verifiable video of himself discussing the events of this past weekend while holding Monday's copy of the New York Times. That is an opportunity that he would not pass up for long.