Home Movies of bin Laden Watching Himself on The News

The video, which the U.S. released without sound, was titled 'Message to the American People' and was believed to be filed sometime last fall, a senior CIA official told reporters today.

The videos were seized from Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Officials said the clips shown to reporters were just part of the largest collection of senior terrorist materials ever collected.

The evidence seized during the raid also includes phone numbers and documents that officials hope will help break the back of the organization behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Intelligence officials have known that Bin Laden and Al Qaeda monitored the news. But for years, when it was assumed that he was living in Pakistan's rugged, mountainous tribal region, some believed he might not be able to get real-time news.

After the CIA discovered Bin Laden's suburban compound, they realized that a satellite dish provided a television feed to Bin Laden's compound.

The video also reveals that Bin Laden had a computer in his home, though officials say there were no Internet or phone lines running from the house.

They emerged today as other video footage leaked to Al Jazeera showed the terror leader had been living in virtual squalor in Abottabad.

Strewn with rubbish and with paint peeling off the walls, the dirt-infested compound appears barely habitable and is a far cry from initial claims the compound was a sophisticated $1million hideaway.

The ramshackle structure resembles a building site and the pictures of the outside show steel rods protruding from the roof, suggesting it may have been incomplete.

Of course, some damage would have been caused during the American Navy Seal mission to capture the 9/11 mastermind, but the footage is still very revealing.