in more formal tapes he dyed his beard black projecting the i am imagine he wanted the world to see, the feared leader of al qaeda. >> the overall message is the u.s. government picked these deliberate to show they're in control and bin laden was vain, he was not in very good circumstances, and that they're now in control of his image. >> reporter: the u.s. government distributed a portion of five videos taken from the compound. the u.s. stripped off the audio. the officials said the u.s. doesn't want to be broadcasting bin laden messages. the official said the videos, thumb drives, disks, and documents taken from the compound make up the single largest collection of terrorist materials ever seized. it's all being analyzed for clues about new threats. releasing the video is part of the obama administration's effort to show material that could have only been taken from the raid. the armoire on this tape identified as being inside the