Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) New information on the secret life of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden†† introduced.

(Abbottabad: Nick Schifrin) ABC News exclusive video of the house in Pakistan where bin Laden lived examined; scenes shown of his medicine shelf, food items, people outside the compound, the outer boundary wall and the house.

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(White House: Jake Tapper) The debate inside the White House about releasing photos of his body examined; details given about the bloody photos, the concerns about proving him dead and conspiracy theories and about the operation by the Navy SEALs. [White House press secretary Jay CARNEY†- worries the photo could be inflammatory.] [Representative Joe HECK - says the photos have to be released.] [July 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD - comments on confirmation about the death of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's sons.] White photo of President Obama's staff watching the operation shown. [Former White House chief of staff Andrew CARD - comments.]

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(Washington: Martha Raddatz) A look inside the raid {Operation Neptune Spear} on the bin Laden's compound presented; virtual view of the 40-minute operation shown; details given about material {in Arabic} taken from the compound. [CARNEY - says bin Laden was not armed.] [On PBS, CIA director Leon PANETTA - says the order was to kill or capture.]

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(Studio: Brian Ross) The youngest of bin Laden's wives, Amal Ahmed Abdul Fatah††, who was with him in the compound, who was shot, profiled; details given about what happened to his other wives. [CARNEY - says she was shot, but not killed.] [New American Foundation president Steve COLL†- says Amal was very young when they married.] [Bin Laden's former sister-in-law Carmen BIN LADEN - tells anecdote about her brother-in-law.]

(Studio: Diane Sawyer) Report introduced.

(New York: Jim Avila) The issue of intelligence on the risk of retaliation after the killing examined. [In Seattle, TOURIST; New York City Mayor Michael BLOOMBERG†, former New York City Mayor Rudolph GIULIANI, former Vice President Dick CHENEY - react to the terrorism threat.] [The Heritage Foundation national security expert James CARAFANO†- says there is not rational reason to worry {about terrorism}.] [Former Homeland Security assistant secretary Juliette KAYYEM†- says it comes down to "privately kill, publicly chill."]