SEAL helmet cams recorded entire bin Laden raid

(CBS News) 

WASHINGTON - A new picture emerged Thursday of what really happened the night the Navy SEALs swooped in on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.

CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports the 40 minutes it took to kill bin Laden and scoop his archives into garbage bags were all recorded by tiny helmet cameras worn by each of the 25 SEALs.

Officials reviewing those videos are still reconstructing a more accurate version of what happened. We now know that the only firefight took place in the guest house, where one of bin Laden's couriers opened fire and was quickly gunned down. No one in the main building got off a shot or was even armed, although there were weapons nearby.

Special Report: The Killing of Osama bin Laden

The SEALs first saw bin Laden when he came out on the third floor landing. They fired, but missed. He retreated to his bedroom, and the first SEAL through the door grabbed bin Laden's daughters and pulled them aside.

When the second SEAL entered, bin Laden's wife rushed forward at him -- or perhaps was pushed by bin Laden. The SEAL shoved her aside and shot bin Laden in the chest. A third seal shot him in the head.

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee went to CIA headquarters Thursday to view photos the SEALs took of bin Laden's body.

Lawmakers see bin Laden photos

"There were probably about maybe four, five or six photos," said Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md. "There are just a couple body shots. He was like, in a white undershirt and a tan robe."

The electronic files the SEALs carted away from bin Laden's compound contain -- among many things -- the names of terrorist operatives which until now were unknown to U.S. intelligence. The files also contain a small, 12-page journal of bin Laden's handwritten notes about launching a major attack against the United States. He instructed against using Arabs because they arouse too much suspicion, to go after trains and to time the attack to coincide with the 10th anniversary of September 11.

Bin Laden wanted to attack U.S. on 9/11 anniversary

There are also messages to his senior lieutenants and to al Qaeda affiliates, urging them not to waste time on small, local operations and focus their efforts on the United States.

Ruppersberger said, "He kept all that information and he kept all of the data, computers, hard drives and this is what we're analyzing and it shows that his focus was clearly the United States."

U.S. officials cannot understand why bin Laden apparently left what amounts to the keys to his terrorist kingdom just lying around his compound in plain sight -- none of it rigged for self destruction.The killing of Osama bin Laden

Why didn't bin Laden protect his files? The best guess is he thought the United States would never find him.

[noloyalisti]

Great post Banihu, keep spreading the facts about the United Corporate States of America. The entire military is set up to use US taxpayer money to make profits for The Corporation. Anyone who thinks we have democratic elections, fair laws of any kind or anything other than a Banana Republic is deluding themselves.

[bumperpressdotcom]

If they really have a helmet cam video of Osama bin Laden's killing, then why don't they show it to us? This is like Obama's holding back his birth certificate and then releasing it 2 years later for political advantage. He is obviously going to release the helmet cam video and pictures around election time. This is deplorable and I hope this political strategy backfires on him.

[noloyalisti]

The US military-industrial-financial complex crime syndicate had to do the Mafia hit job on their former buddy. Just like Saddam Hussein, their other buddy.

[TruthhturT]

This man,Dr. Pieczenik, KNOWS and is telling the world the TRUTH that Bin Laden was already dead from kidney failure due to marfan syndrom, in late 2001; that the U.S. war machine KNEW Bin Laden was dead BEFORE it attacked Afghanistan; that his body was being kept 'on ice', as publicly admitted by Madelaine Albright in 2003, to be 'rolled out' at a later time for political purposes.

What we are witnessing with Obama's fabrication of killing Bin Laden recently (the 'roll out' of a body)and claiming he was hold up in Pakistan is the globalists setting the stage, fabricating an excuse, for the U.S. war machine to attack and take control of Pakistan.

Before anyone 'cheers the victory' of an imaginary foreign threat, they should do their homework. Check out Dr. Pieczenik's credentials and background (below) and go and listen to his full interview with Alex Jones on 5-3-11)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjtNiTm99e8&feature=player_embedded

Dr. Pieczenik trained in Psychiatry at Harvard and has both an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College and a Ph.D. in International Relations from M.I.T. He was the first psychiatrist ever to receive a PhD. focusing on international relations. He served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and/or Senior Policy Planner under Secretaries Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance, George Schultz and James Baker.

During his career as a senior State Department official, Dr. Pieczenik utilized his unique abilities and expertise to develop strategies and tactics that were instrumental in resolving major conflicts in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Dr. Pieczenik was the principal International Crisis Manager and Hostage Negotiator under Secretaries Kissinger and Vance. During this time he developed conflict resolution techniques that were instrumental in saving over five hundred hostages in different terrorist episodes, including the Hanafi Moslem Seizure in Washington, DC, the TWA Croatian Hijacking, the Aldo Moro Kidnapping, the JRA Hijacking, the PLO Hijacking, and many other incidents involving terrorists such as Idi Amin, Muammar Quaddafi, Carlos, FARC, Abu Nidal and Saddam Hussein.

Dr. Pieczenik helped develop negotiation strategies for major U.S.- Soviet arms control summits under the Reagan administration. He was also involved in advising senior officials on important psycho-political dynamics and conflict mediation strategies for President Carter's successful Camp David Peace Conference. In 1991, Dr. Pieczenik was a chief architect of the Cambodian Peace Conference in Paris. He is currently an advisor to the Department of Defense.

[noloyalisti]

Bin Laden was not even a listed suspect for 911 on the CIA list.

[noloyalisti]

Obviously, this was one our best friends (like Saddam Hussein), especially the Bush Crime Family. He had to be knocked off because he knew too much about America, this was a Mafia hit jog all along.

I wonder if the Seals (and all the armed forces) understand their real role in life: to risk their lives to defend the interests of a tiny number of filthy rich Americans and their corporate businesses.

Just like the Mafia, the military offer protection to Americans and foreigners to do the bidding of their giant corporate masters. Or else!

[HalfAce]

Why do all these simpletons think we should have brought that scumbag back alive for a trial? He was NOT a suspected criminal of our justice system, he was a self proclaimed enemy of the country, a confessed killer of thousands who was actively involved with further attacks on our people on American soil.

What's the problem? Do any of you pinheads actually think he might have been found not guilty???

I think that anyone who really believes there was an injustice done to him can always save up their money and send it to his family to help mitigate their "loss", or better yet, just go there and comfort them in person. I'm extremely curious to here your reports on how you are received and how your humanitarian concerns are appreciated.

[TruthhturT]

Anyone, American or otherwise, gullible enough to believe ANYTHING that comes out of the mouths of politicians and their media ******, deserves the shafting they are planning for all of the 'little people'. But there are many of us who have WORKED at discovering the Truth about what's been going on and we're too wide awake to feign stupidity to comfort your empty-headed ego.

Just how much EVIDENCE does it take to shake some of you awake? You have no more EVIDENCE to back what you BELIEVE than the lying wonders in government and media proffer, and yet you have the idiotic gaul to slander people who won't play stupid to fit in with people like you.

Ignorance will not pass for an excuse for culpability when you have had the option and opportunity to investigate to get at the Truth but were too lazy and self-absorbed to be bothered. It's the supporters of the likes of Bush and Obama that are responsible for the slaughter of American military and those foreigners they are slaughtering.

Open your eyes! See how many foreign lands the U.S.A. has invaded since WWII..."the war to end all wars". The globalist elites have turned the U.S.A. into a war machine which has been involved in over 250 foreign conflicts since WWII! How can any decent, AWAKENED American feel 'good' to be seen as a member of a rogue, war-mongering nation?

Do some real research and dig up some real evidence if you want anyone to respect anything you have to say. Otherwise, you're just a parroting sheeple with nothing worthwhile to say on a subject you KNOW nothing about.

[Superstarzchef]

It is very clear to me that after being an early poster and tracking this discussion over the last week, that the majority of respondents have nothing more to say then they rhetoric of the Anti-American/Anti-Obama "Rebuplicrat" line. When as Americans, we should all be giving Thanks that this Vermin has been eliminated as a threat to our Children, Our Cities, and our Way of Life here in America. It saddens me to see that no matter what Our Gov't achieves for us ALL, that the filth, rancor, half-truths, lies, slander, racism, rhetoric, name-calling and ilk-continue to be posted here. The far-right wing nut jobs, the "libs", the sheeple, are all Americans. One person had the audacity to attack the SEALS for their Bravery!1 Come On! How could you do that?!? Don't like Obama? To Bad! We suffered thru Bush, and the truth finally came out. Wait til 2012 and Vote him out! Simple. That is how it works, but until then keep marking my posts as offensive; so that there is more room here for you to post your garbage, and Anti-American sentiments. I wish I could meet those people on the street. They would change their tunes real fast when I thrashed them within an inch of their lives.

[endurorob_5]

It appears to me after reading this story that OBL was not armed so I would assume that the Seals were ordered to execute him. He should have been captured and brought back to stand a military trial. And all this "rancor, half-truths, lies, slander, racism, rhetoric, name-calling" defines the Obama administration.

[11-2-10-is-CLEANING-day]

hey superstarzchef, I remember you. We were in Boot Camp together. You were the guy in KP wearing the paper C-Cap with P & P drawn on it with black magic-marker. When your mom attended the graduation ceremonies and we marched past the review stand, 'eyes right', your mom stood and was heard to exclaim "Look. Everyone is out of step except for MY Supererstar Cookie!" Funny b/c the rest of us just called you "jackturd." We all jokingly told you "Don't ever change." and it's apparent you haven't.

[ZunarJ59]

....and they recorded it in full illumination, HD with total clarity because you can buy such a "helmet Cam" in Radio Shack for 50 bucks. Don't tell me our black Opps can't do better than what little they have shown us.

[imnho]

I think the last think that went through Osama bin Laden mind was a 5.56 round.