Washington ( CNN ) -- Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee , as well as those in the equivalent House committees , will be allowed to view the photographs taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed , a U.S. official told CNN Tuesday . The viewings will take place at CIA headquarters in northern Virginia at a time to be decided , the official said . U.S. to have access to bin Laden 's wives . U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al Qaeda leader last week in an attack on his compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan . Sen. Dianne Feinstein , D-California , confirmed that the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee would be give the opportunity . Asked whether she planned to avail herself of it , she told CNN , `` I actually have n't thought much about it , but I likely will . '' Advisory : Beware `` lone wolves '' Feinstein is chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . President Barack Obama decided on Wednesday that he would not release photos of the body . `` It is not in our national security interest ... to allow these images to become icons to rally opinion against the United States , '' White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at the time . `` We have no need to publish those photographs to establish that Osama bin Laden was killed . ''
Members of House and Senate intelligence committees will be able to view the photos . Viewings will take place at CIA headquarters ; timing is not yet determined . President wo n't release to public : ` The president does not want this information in a public forum that could interfere with ongoing law enforcement investigations or foreign relations efforts, including those related to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program. "