A federal judge has turned aside calls to publicly release video and photographs of the U.S. military raid and aftermath that left al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden dead.

Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, had asked the Department of Defense to comply with a Freedom of Information request for the material, especially photos of the September 11 mastermind lying dead on the third floor of his Pakistan hideout.

The group argued it was being “irreparably harmed” by the Obama administration’s “unlawful withholding of requested records.”

But Judge James Boasberg ruled Thursday there were legitimate national security interests to deny disclosure.

CONTINUED at CNN.

Earlier this week, photographs from Hulk Hogan‘s sex tape were released on the Internet. It took a few days to hear anything from the Hogan camp, but it turns out he really does not like being made a fool of, as TMZ reported that Hogan’s attorney is threatening legal action.

Question on Everybody’s Mind: Is Hogan going to get what he wants?

Our Take: It is not impossible for Hogan’s legal team to threaten action to get the photos taken down, but more often than not, when something is on the Internet it is incredibly hard to get it off.

Hype Meter: 4 out of 5 Reasons To Hulk Up

As mentioned earlier this week, it is amazing to think that this whole thing happened to Hogan given how in control of every possible situation he has to be. I don’t know what else to say about it, but I think things are far from over.

Deeper Dive

Hogan Says To Get His Pictures Off The ‘Net (TMZ)

Source: Bleacher Report.

The Colombian prostitutes entangled in the Secret Service sex scandal could have been Russian spies, Sen. Chuck Grassley suggested Tuesday.

“We’re looking at something that is very, very serious when national security might not be protected properly,” Grassley told Radio Iowa. “Who knows who might be using prostitutes? The Russians are famous for that to get information out of us.”

(PHOTOS: Secret Service prostitution scandal unfolds in Colombia)

In a letter last night, the Iowa Republican called on the White House to answer questions about an internal review that cleared the advance team of any involvement in the scandal. Secret Service agents and military personnel are accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel before President Barack Obama’s trip to Cartagena, Colombia, earlier this month.

“You find a lot of problems come from a culture within the agency,” Grassley said on Radio Iowa. “Now, I don’t think the Secret Service would have that sort of a culture, but this may be the tip of an iceberg.”

This is less about prostitution than the president’s safety, he added.

“The issue here isn’t just people messing around with prostitutes, the issue is the security of the president of the United States and the issue is any national security implications that it might have because of the secrecy and the documents and things of that nature,” Grassley said.

Source: Politico.

24-year-old single mom is known as Dania, she says agent offered $30 for $800 service.

One of the agents tried to brush off his girl, the single mother of a 9-year-old son known as Dania, the next morning with only $28 in cab fare. She caused a ruckus, demanding her full payment, so  cops got involved and word reached the US Embassy.

There were reports in Washington that more may be gone by the weekend.

Source: NY Daily News. Video at link.

The paratroopers had their assignment: Check out reports that Afghan police had recovered the mangled remains of an insurgent suicide bomber. Try to get iris scans and fingerprints for identification.

The 82nd Airborne Division soldiers arrived at the police station in Afghanistan’s Zabol province in February 2010. They inspected the body parts. Then the mission turned macabre: The paratroopers posed for photos next to Afghan police, grinning while some held — and others squatted beside — the corpse’s severed legs.

A few months later, the same platoon was dispatched to investigate the remains of three insurgents who Afghan police said had accidentally blown themselves up. After obtaining a few fingerprints, they posed next to the remains, again grinning and mugging for photographs.

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In a sign that his campaign is in need of fresh funds, Newt Gingrich on Monday began charging $50 to have a photograph taken with him following a campaign speech to Republican groups here in the northernmost part of the state.

“Some campaigns make you travel all the way to Wall Street to pay $2,500 for a photo with a candidate,” a Gingrich spokesman said in an e-mail. “We are trying out a new tactic and asking our supporters at our rallies for a nominal donation. And guess what, it is working.”

It was the first time that the former House speaker has charged those attending one of his public speaking events to pose for a photograph with him. Lately, a member of his campaign staff has been snapping photos of any interested attendee and later posting them online at the campaign’s website, Newt.org.

On Monday night, those paying for a photograph were also told they could find their photos on Gingrich’s website, after they had filled out a form providing their credit card information.

The campaign limped out of the month of February posting more debt than cash on hand. And poor showings in the recent primaries of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama — all Southern states Gingrich had once expressed optimism he could win — are likely not going to help any fundraising pushes.

Gingrich held only one public event on Monday, here in Delaware, which votes on April 24. He was scheduled to travel to North Carolina on Wednesday, but that trip was cancelled on Monday in favor of campaigning in the D.C. area. The former speaker will spend his next two days there and in Maryland before heading to Wisconsin at the end of the week.

Source: National Journal.

Two actresses became victims of nude-photo scandals over the weekend — or at least that’s what some hackers would like you to believe. “Mad Men” star Christina Hendricks and her “I Don’t Know How She Does It” co-star Olivia Munn reportedly had nude photos leaked.

Hendricks’ rep denies that any scandalous photos you see of the star on the Internet are real. “Christina’s phone was in fact hacked and photos were stolen,” Hendricks’ rep told E! News. “The proper authorities have been contacted in hopes of rectifying this situation.” The rep added, “The topless image is fake and not an image of Christina.”

Meanwhile, Munn laughed off photos that anyone might believe are of her au naturel. “If you ever hacked my phone, these are the photos you’d find,” she tweeted along with shots of a kitten and a baby.

TMZ reported that sources close to Munn confirm that while some of the shots floating around — namely ones in which she isn’t naked — are real and have previously been tweeted by the actress, the completely nude photos in which you can’t see the model’s face aren’t her. Someone is apparently trying to pass herself off as the TV personality.

Munn and Hendricks are hardly the first actresses to get caught up in leaked-photo controversies. Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis (along with her “Friends With Benefits” co-star Justin Timberlake), Ashley Greene and Blake Lively are just a handful of A-listers who have been tied to photo scandals in the last few years.

Source: MTV.

Photos HERE.

Hopeless romantic or macabre publicity hound?

A Thai television director’s decision to marry his dead girlfriend and post photos and video of the event to Facebook and YouTube is drawing mixed reaction from the public.

Chadil Deffy, also known as Deff Yingyuen, married his girlfriend of 10 years, Sarinya “Anne” Kamsook, early this month as she lay in a coffin in a wedding-cum-funeral at a temple in Surin Province, the Pattaya Daily News reported.

During the ceremony, the 28-year-old groom, wearing a black tuxedo, placed a ring on the finger of his late girlfriend, whose body was lying on a raised platform, dressed in a white bridal dress.

He put photos of himself and his dead bride on his personalFacebook page under an album titled “Corpse Bride.” He also uploaded a video to YouTube.

The couple met while studying at Eastern Asia University 10 years ago and had planned to get married for a while but Kamsook died in a car accident on Jan. 3, according to media reports. She was 29.

A friend of Deffy, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, wrote in anopinion column this week in The Bangkok Post:

The “wedding” was his attempt to right a wrong, however belated the gesture might have been.

As expected, the initial public reaction was an outpouring of sympathy for the “groom” and a wave of sentimental remarks. The romantically inclined were moved by this expression of “true love,” however unconventional. It seemed to hit a nerve with many people. The offline media picked up on the buzz, too, and went to town with the story. Chadil found himself under a spotlight, experiencing an unexpected 15 minutes of fame.

Also as expected, within days, the backlash began — and it wasn’t at all kind. In a heartbeat, Chadil went from being viewed as a hopeless romantic to being vilified as a publicity-hungry opportunist.

Pravattiyagul said Deffy was heartbroken and “wasn’t thinking about the possibility of fame when he decided to put a ring on her cold finger. He merely wanted to make things right, however small or inadequate the gesture might seem.”

Source: MSNBC.

Lindsay Lohan’s fans have been given an early festive treat – the star’s sexy Playboy cover has leaked online.

The actress stripped off for the $1 million photoshoot, and she promised fans they would get a sneak peek of the sexy shots on America’s Ellen DeGeneres Show on December 15 – ahead of the release of the January/February issue of the men’s magazine.

However, the much-anticipated cover shot – featuring the platinum blonde straddling a red plastic Playboy bunny-shaped chair, which strategically covers her modesty – has leaked online.

Lohan wears nothing but a pair of high heels for the saucy shoot.

Source: Starpulse. Video at link.

My Two Cents: Why is this sick bitch the douchebag of the week? Well, killing and gutting a horse and climbing inside it for nude photographs isn’t art, it’s just disgusting. It’s like those scumbags who step on kittens heads with high heels and call that art. You’re all douchebags. Original story posted here. End Two Cents.