Defense Department releases military e-mails with details on the burial at sea of bin Laden . Less than a dozen of the ship 's `` leadership '' were informed of the burial . `` Traditional procedures for Islamic burial was followed , '' said one e-mail , adding , `` The deceased 's body was washed ( ablution ) then placed in a white sheet . Traditional procedures for Islamic burial were followed , according to the e-mails . The Navy did not inform Congress about this until after it was revealed in an article by Seymour Hersh in Rolling Stone magazine that day.
Defense Department releases military e-mails with details on the burial at sea of bin Laden . Less than a dozen of the ship 's `` leadership '' were informed of the burial . Traditional procedures for Islamic burial were followed , according to the e-mails . The Navy did not inform Congress about this until after it was revealed in an article by Seymour Hersh in Rolling Stone magazine that day.