Re: deniability
It also stands to reason that institutions and governments around the world, particularly in news-noisy Europe, to want him dead and buried.
He may be.
What the CIA released was that there is a probability that the tape was a true recording of bin Laden (I don't recall a percentage given, but got the impression that it was a 50/50 shot).
What the Swiss Dalle Molle research institute released was that there is a probability that the tape was a false recording of bin Laden (95%).
Still awaiting those genuine photos (the ones that prove the al-Qai'da has access to MS imaging programs),
Dan