Breaking across all wires this early afternoon before Mother's Day, the D.O.D. has released 5 Home Videos of Osama Bin Laden watching TV, even watching himself on TV.
The government today released five videos found in Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, showing the al Qaeda leader preparing a message to the United States and watching himself on television.
"This is the single largest collection of senior terrorist materials ever," a senior intelligence official said.
The cache includes digital, audio, video, personal correspondence and documents, the official said.
The materials found "clearly show that bin Laden remained an active leader in al Qaeda strategically, tactically and operationally," and not the figurehead he was assumed to be, "making the recent operation even more essential to our nations security," the official said.
The materials show that bin Laden was plotting and conspiring terrorism focused on the United States, the official said.
It's increasing clear that this mission and the resulting success will enable the US to Win the War on Terror. As much as Republican's wish to make this a battle to go between now and forever, the fact remains that if the US is able to arrest, capture and kill all exposed opps globally, the organization will cease to exist. As an idea, Al Queda can exist, but it's going to rapidly turn into a ghost, found only in odd corners of the internet.
In today's video / Visual / Graphic age, this release and these images really help tell the story I believe more than the graphic death photos. Knowing we got 'em and got their harddrives too really helps me and my family sleep sounder at night.