Osama bin Laden Watching Himself on TV
It looks like bin Laden lived in my old house in college. The wires, the small television, hand-me-down furniture, dirty white walls, even the black stocking hat. He looks like one of those guys that never graduates, who keeps taking class after class. Or one of those old dudes that rides around everywhere on a bicycle with his starving dog.
I admit, you can’t exactly _see_ what is on the television, but we’ll take their word for it.
Who’s word? Politico:
In an effort to quiet suspicions that the U.S. had not killed bin Laden, the official showed reporters a video seized from the compound showing the gray-bearded Al Qaeda leader, wearing a black knit cap and draped in a blanket, watching himself on television, as well as three other clips showing him rehearsing his video messages. President Barack Obama — in a decision that has been widely criticized — refused Wednesday torelease photos of bin Laden’s corpse, saying, “We don’t need to spike the football.”
The official said these videos were sufficient proof that the U.S. had taken down the mastermind of the attacks on Sept. 11, because they appeared not to have been intended for public release.
“It is improbable that this kind of footage would be anywhere but with bin Laden. He jealously guarded his image,” the official said.
