bin Laden

Having had Osama bin Laden shot in the head, Mr Obama seems to have turned the gun on his own foot.

At least we assume it was Osama bin Laden who was shot. The President said so.

But now we can't see the film of the attack because it contains pictures of a dead man, as if such things were not shown daily on the television. One witness says bin Laden was captured alive and then shot. Will they submit the film for independent scrutiny?

The body was spirited away by Special Forces to an aircraft carrier and buried at sea after a DNA analysis proved it was without doubt him. If we can't see the disturbing pictures can we see the DNA analysis? This involves comparing a sample from the dead man with another, perhaps of a close relative. Presumably American forces got an independent doctor to do this and it is completely above board, so can we see it?

Obama was on course to receive a massive boost to his popularity after this bold coup, but now risks that that boost dissipates in the face of rumour and insinuation. He should remember that it was only the other day that he had to publish his own birth certificate to prove he was born in America.

If the President has to identify himself properly then the same should go for bin Laden.