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So, of the 12, three of them were older pictures so that we could actually compare what he looked like when he had the black beard and what he looked like after he was killed. and that was part -- the good way of making that presentation. then they had some of his ear. now, what had happened in those, i couldn't tell whether the bullet went through the ear and out the eye caft or through the eye and out the ear. because a lot of brains were draped out from the socket. but it clearly what we saw there was it was him. there is no question he was dead. the more revealing pictures really were the ...

>> see, the beard is a moving target because he dyes it all the time. the pictures we had older pictures had a black beard. his beard this time was a little bit shorter and it was more salt and pepper. you could tell it's probably the actual color of the beard. now, what he was dressed in, some of these were just head shots so you only had the head shot. only two of them showed that he was partially, i would say you would call underwear on, that was about it. >> shepard: underwear? >> well, just something around his -- yeah. more like underwear. >> shepard: could you describe -- gruesome is a ...

The script and a false start in one and then what we are familiar on television. lighting was not quite right and the person he was being shot at was not professional either. he had candid moments and what u.s. intelligence moments believe in the compound and bin laden is watching himself on television. i want to make a note we were warned not to draw conclusion as to whether it was a live tv feed or taped. he was obsessed with his image. his beard was gray. that is important. when you saw the propaganda videos and the still images we had up, you can see the black beard. when he went to do the...

Mike, when we see these new videos, first reaction to all of them, what do you think? >> the first reaction is there's almost this picture of bin laden as a pathetic character. the old man huddled in a blanket, white bearded, watching videos of his glory days in the past. this was clearly designed as i pointed out yesterday to belittle bin laden, to show -- to demythologize. you see the black beard that he uses for the camera. all of this is part of a picture, part of the effort of political spin as it were by the u.s. government to downgrade bin laden in the eyes of possible followers. i've g...

I think the black beard is the most fascinating. somewhere this guy is in this compound getting his beard all ready for television, showing it black, because in a minute, we will show you osama bin laden not ready for primetime. a much more candid osama bin laden that i don't think the world has seen in nearly a decade. i think that will be the next one. >> you wonder if the dyeing, if it's as simple as vanity or it means trying to look consistent over the years because there has been such a great time that he has been doing these tapes. >> reporter: there are so many rumors about him being il...