system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why are we not allowed to see the photographic evidence of Osama Bin Laden after he was killed in his compound?

The pictures of the other 4 people killed at the compound in Abbottobad have been made public. Why aren't we able to see the pictures of "Geronimo"?
gpt
Because terrorists would use that image as a rallying point for more support and recruitment.

Bin Laden was an old, sick man and he died badly. The public release of the photos of his corpse don't add any value to his death to the US, but they would have an unlimited propaganda value for terrorists who want to make a martyr out of him.

The less material they have to work with, the better.