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Facial recognition, visual recognition, the naming of him by individuals on that compound that osama bin laden was shot and killed on sunday night. he is dead. they think americans feel a great sense of closure because of that. >> is there any other -- i understand that the photographs are off of the table. are there any other evidence of his death that might, that you are still considering releasing, and that the president is still releasing whether it is video of his burial at sea, whether the dna evidence or is there anything else that could be released? >> i will simply say that the decisi...

>> okay. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. before i take your questions, i'd just like to say to you that the president has made the decision not to release any of the photographs of the deceased osama bin laden, and rather than, or rather, first, i will give you the language that the president used when he was recently interviewed about an hour ago to explain his decision. this is an interview with cbs "60 minutes", steve kroft. the president was asked, well, he said that they were discussing when bin laden's body was taken out of the compound, the president was asked about how they knew ...

Take? >> he was very pragmatic about it. we've heard from a lot of u.s. officials today who have been very critical of pakistan and its role. what president carter was saying is that we really have to see both sides of this. first of all, they're a nuclear power. we need them desperately in the war on terror. they have not been perfect friends to the united states. but it would be even more risky, more dangerous if we were to isolate ourselves, or isolate pakistan from our administration. he says a couple of things. he does not believe that the president of pakistan knew about bin laden's wher...

Years. in a mission that dramatically minimized collateral damage and civilian casualties that was pulled off without any casualties among american personnel, and it resulted in the bringing to justice of osama bin laden. we have enormous regard for what was accomplished on sunday by those men. >> they are american heroes, but i just didn't know if -- >> well, again, i refer those questions to the defense department. >> again, last question, any attempt by american officials to interview, question, bin laden's wife who was there at the scene? >> not that i'm aware of, but you might ask the sta...

Laden's daughter. nic robertson joins us from abbottabad from the compound. nic, what are you hearing today from the pakistanis? >> reporter: well, pakistani intelligence sources, senior source says that bin laden's daughter, who they say is aged 12 to 14, saw her father being shot by the navy s.e.a.l.s, as they approached him in the upstairs room in that compound. they're also saying that they are treating some of the wounded from that compound, which according to u.s. officials would be bin laden's wife, who was shot in the leg, when she was in the same room where osama bin laden, when the s...