Washington Extra - Of photos and firefights

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This is not the time to trot out the trophies and spike the footballs, as President Barack Obama put it to "60 Minutes." He has decided not to release the photos of a dead bin Laden on the grounds that they are too gory and might incite violence. The question is: will that decision come back to haunt Obama?

Most people in the world and the United States will probably accept the Obama administration's version that "we will not see bin Laden walking on this earth again." But a few persistent and loud voices saying, "Show me the evidence," are capable of changing the course of matters. Just look at the "birthers" who pushed Obama to release his long-form birth certificate last week.