(CNN) -- A federal appeals court is considering whether to demand that photos of Osama bin Laden's body be released.

Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, argued Thursday before a three-judge panel that the Freedom of Information Act requires the government to release the pictures.

The judges, with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, did not say how soon they may rule.

"President Obama is asking the courts to rewrite (the Freedom of Information Act) to allow his administration to withhold documents simply because their disclosure may cause controversy," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement released before the hearing.

Debates over whether to release the photos of the al Qaeda leader have raged in some quarters ever since the May 2011 raid in Pakistan that left him dead.

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Asking the courts to rewrite the Freedom of Information Act. How is it that he can get away with this?

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Asking the courts to rewrite the Freedom of Information Act. How is it that he can get away with this?

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They all do it.

Surprise! Obama administration defies more FOIA requests than Bush WH - this was 2010

It's just Prez Transparency does it so much bigger

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