Well if the video's been tampered with many times that begs a LOT of very important questions:
Is Bin Laden still alive?
When was this tape really made?
Was it made years ago and just his voice dubbed in to help throw off people as to what he currently looks like?
The September 7 video shows bin Laden dressed in a white hat, white shirt and yellow sweater. Krawetz notes "this is the same clothing he wore in the 2004-10-29 video. In 2004 he had it unzipped, but in 2007 he zipped up the bottom half. Besides the clothing, it appears to be the same background, same lighting, and same desk. Even the camera angle is almost identical." Krawetz also notes that "if you overlay the 2007 video with the 2004 video, his face has not changed in three years--only his beard is darker and the contrast on the picture has been adjusted."
So was this video really made in 2004 instead of 2007? It certainly is a distinct possibility.
More important though are the edits. At roughly a minute and a half into the video there is a splice; bin Laden shifts from looking at the camera to looking down in less than 1/25th of a second. At 13:13 there is a second, less obvious splice. In all, Krawetz says there are at least six splices in the video. Of these, there are only two live bin Laden segments, the rest of the video composed of still images. The first live section opens the video and ends at 1:56. The second section begins at 12:29 and continues until 14:01. The two live sections appear to be from different recordings "because the desk is closer to the camera in the second section."
Sounds to me like perhaps the video is older, but the audio is newer. It certainly would explain a lot. It would be much harder for people to find Bin Laden, especially if he shaves his beard and then regrows it for whenever he needs to make an appearance.
Travis
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