Osama bin Laden Tape Released
398584 04: CNN broadcasts the Osama bin Laden tape showing bin Laden (L) speaking with an unidentified Saudi sheik, December 13, 2001 after it was released by the Pentagon. The Bush administration called the tape the “smoking gun” that proves bin Ladens direct responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)