When it comes to silly photo opportunities, ASIO is really putting itself on the map.

Australia's domestic spy agency found itself at the centre of a rolled gold kerfuffle earlier this week after it asked journalists to avoid publishing some maps that were used in a photo with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and ASIO head Duncan Lewis as they were for "official use only".

You may recall the Labor Party using question time to try to "condemn" the government for "putting politics before the security of Australians".