The guy loved to see himself in print...there have been NO pic's of him since Tora~Bora...where else could he be???
I think he is stroking the fires of He!!..
Yup...until Tora-Bora he was a media hog....then suddenly incurably reclusive. Al-Qaeda has a very strong interest in allowing people to think he is alive, and would be willing to spend serious dough to fabricate tapes.
Why does it always take so long for these tapes to get released? Maybe they get sent to Nashville for doctoring and then back to Pakistan for release..