That’ll just convince the conspiratorial Muslim world that he isn’t dead, and thus encourage more jihad.
That's my thought as well. Its ridiculous not to release them. Worried they might be insensitive to our enemies? Our enemies had no sensitivity problems with people falling from the Towers. No sensitivity issues with images of hanging and burning contractors. No sensitivity issues with videos of beheadings. No sensitivity issues with videos of women being stoned to death.
This is just a lame excuse.
No, that was one of the things they took into account. They believe the m world is convinced by what his relatives have said. More worried about what the m world thinks than what we think. This was floated earlier.