As part of the evident to show to the American people that the story about the death of Osama Bin Laden is true the picture of his dead bodies were shown to some members of the congress of the United States of America.
One of the lawmakers who reported that he has seen the lifeless body of Osama is Senator James Inhofe. He disclosed that he was about 15 pictures of Osama Bin Laden. He said that most of the pictures he saw were the ones that were taken at the residence of Bin Laden in Pakistan soon after he was terminated by the Navy Seal. The senator described the pictures he saw as gruesome. He said that it is true that Bin Laden is actually dead.
The US intelligence decided to share the photo with some selected group of American society. The photo would also be shown to the congress members of the intelligence committee. However the intelligence would not allow anybody to make away with any of the pictures.
The government decided to show the pictures as evidence to prove that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. The cross section of Americans have demanded for the pictures as evidence that the most wanted terrorist in the world history is actually eliminated.