bin Laden was only journalist to visit place where bin Laden lived -- and died . Beyond that was a large garden where they grew vegetables such as cucumbers . Bergen says the squalid compound seemed like a camping site . bin Laden room still contained medicines and hair dye he used . From this site , Bin Laden 's composed memos in effort to control Bergen , al Qaeda says .
bin Laden was only journalist to visit place where bin Laden lived -- and died . Bergen says the squalid compound seemed like a camping site . bin Laden room still contained medicines and hair dye he used . From this site , Bin Laden 's composed memos in effort to control Bergen , al Qaeda says .