[DJ88]

But why would he want a video released that proves his guilt to the world? What message would that send to "sleeper cells"? I can see your point on the other videos that we asked not to be aired here, but this one surely proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that not only did he PLAN IT, he was also greatly pleased that it went better than he had hoped.

One reason the President may want this released to the American public is to prove that there is a reason for military tribunals. Who could watch this tape and then serve on a jury? ;-)

[discostu]

Well the contents of this tape (at least from what I can see) are still speculation. Could be all kinds of stuff. Best bets at this juncture are that it's a normal video message that hadn't made it out of the country when our boys captured it, or that OBL is talking about stuff (capabilities maybe) that our leaders haven't told us about. Either way I don't see any reason to give OBL more air time than we absolutely have to, the more anonymously he dies the better.

[is_is]

There's something too pat about this. OBL just happens to be caught on video discussing the attacks and the tape just happens to be found!!?? He wanted it found and shown IMHO!

For what reason....I have no idea.......