The Sydney Morning Herald
It has become the defining image of the strike against Osama bin Laden: a group of top White House officials anxiously watching coverage of the assault on his compound from the Situation Room.
But Hillary Clinton appears to have pulled off a disappearing act worthy of the terrorist leader himself in an edited copy of the photograph published in an ultra-orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York last week.
The Hasidic newspaper, Der Tzitung (The Time), photoshopped out two women who featured in the image released by the White House - Ms Clinton, the US Secretary of state, and counter-terrorism analyst Audrey Tomasen.
The Brooklyn-based newspaper, which is written in Yiddish, is believed to have removed the women because of issues regarding female modesty.
According to the New York-based newspaper Jewish Week, which has picked up the story, Der Tzitung "will not intentionally include any images of women in the paper because it could be considered sexually suggestive”.
However Rabbi Jason Miller, writing in the Jewish Week, said he was at a loss to explain how Ms Clinton, who is pictured in a long-sleeved suit with her hand over her mouth, was being immodest.
"I'm not sure how Der Tzitung determined this was a racy photo. Perhaps they just don't like the idea of a woman with that much political power," he wrote.
"Der Tzitung edited Hillary Clinton out of the photo, thereby changing history. To my mind, this act of censorship is actually a violation of the Jewish legal principle of g'neivat da'at (deceit)."
According to the Jerusalem Post, the blog Failed Messiah was the first to pick up on the edited photograph. Der Tzitung has not commented on the photo.
The original photograph was released by the White House with the strict instructions that it must "not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.”
For images:
http://www.smh.com.au/world/paper-erases-clinton-from-history-20110509-1ef5d.html
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