Peter Bergen was only journalist to the place where bin Laden lived -- and died . This gate had large blast marks on it where the SEALs forced their way through as they closed in on bin Laden . Bergen says the squalid compound seemed like a camping site . Bin Laden 's room still contained clothes and shoes that he used . From this site , bin Laden composed memos in order to control al Qaeda , Bergen says .
Peter Bergen was only journalist to the place where bin Laden lived -- and died . Bergen says the squalid compound seemed like a camping site . Bin Laden 's room still contained clothes and shoes that he used . From this site , bin Laden composed memos in order to control al Qaeda , Bergen says .