Former CIA agent and former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons says that the photographs depicting the deceased terrorist Osama bin Laden should be released to the general public.
Simmons, who made his comments during a taping of "The Stan Simpson Show'' at the studios at Fox CT in Hartford, said the release would end any controversy such as the long-running dispute over President Barack Obama's birth certificate that showed he was born in Hawaii.
"Do it. Get it over with and get on with it,'' Simmons told Simpson on the 30-minute program.
Simmons also said he does not believe that officials in Pakistan were unaware of bin Laden's presence at a one-acre compound in a relatively crowded neighborhood that was near military facilities that were "the equivalent of West Point or Annapolis.''
Finding bin Laden in that neighborhood was like discovering him "in a mansion out near McLean, Virginia,'' which is near the CIA headquarters, Simmons said.