HuffPost's Sam Stein Discusses Osama Bin Laden's Death On MSNBC (VIDEO)

HuffPost's Sam Stein appeared on MSNBC Wednesday night to discuss Osama bin Laden's death with Cenk Uygur. Stein appeared alongside Hisham Melhem of Al Arabiya News Channel.

Discussing the details released by the White House about bin Laden's death, Stein explained, "the White House has been trying to explain that they're getting information to the press and to the public as soon as they learn it. Obviously there's been differing narratives that have come out in successive days. And I think everyone has to take a deep breath and start digging a little bit more and waiting for more detail."

He continued, "I think it's going to take a bit more journalistic elbow grease to finalize what exactly happened, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Administration is forced to revisit its narrative once more."

Regarding President Obama's decision not to release photos of bin Laden, Stein predicted that the photos would eventually leak to the public. He said, "when the photos do eventually get released, and I'm guessing they will, the President can then turn around and say, listen, I didn't want these being out there, they got out there, I wish they hadn't, but these are the photos."

WATCH (via MSNBC - Stein appears starting around 6:50):

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Comments

[breakingpoint]

11:33 PM on 05/04/2011

spin spin spin
no one will know until there is transparency

[johnmorgan]

12:16 AM on 05/05/2011

After what we've learned from Wikileaks about so many things, it's hard to believe anything our government says. I suppose bin Laden is dead, but...how can we be sure?

[hstdem]

12:44 AM on 05/05/2011

Really? What Wikileaks taught you not to believe what our government says? What did our government say that wasn't true?

[Genius]

02:21 AM on 05/05/2011

Reply to johnmorgan:
“Tell bin Laden to prove he's alive.”
"I never saw Michael Jackson's dead body either....”
comments by to Quotidien.
Kudos to you Quotidem
I can't one up you on those excellent comments. Touché ♦

[hlj]

10:20 PM on 05/04/2011

The mere fact that every passing day, the Obama administration change their story.
We, the people, have to figure what happened. We all saw the picture
of Obama, Bidden, Hillary, Gates...........watching every minute and movement, then
each have a different take on what happened. This is just another well thought out plan?
So who can believe in this 'transparency' administration?

[Natasha Phillips]

02:59 AM on 05/05/2011

They change their story because we ever gave them a chace to put oe together. Enough already!

[hlj]

03:24 PM on 05/05/2011

So its our fault they could'nt get it straight.
"Put one together", probably says it all.
You mean they're cooking the facts as they go along. So that's why the sequence of events have changed each day. You are right !

[FogBelter]

09:20 PM on 05/04/2011

It was hard for me not to laugh when the administration started waxing on the capture of Bin Laden being a time for national unity as occurred after the September 11th attacks. I mean, with all the Right Wing propaganda spouted on Fox "News" and the AM Radio stations our nation has been reduced to the state of that world in a Star Trek episode, where there was a civil war that was destroying the planet between two races, one Black/White the other White/Black, Two people's of minimal difference with diametrically opposed world views and cultural narratives. Unity? Impossible.

[RButler]

11:20 PM on 05/04/2011

I think impressionist Frank Gorshin was in that ST episode with his face painted half black and half white.  Very interesting take.
 
He was also the Riddler in the Batman TV series.

[marred]

08:42 PM on 05/04/2011

"If you cross us we will take ten years to find you."

Yeah I'm sure they're all shaking in their boots.

[RButler]

11:22 PM on 05/04/2011

Nah.
 
Bush:  "If you cross us, well after I while I don't where you are and you're not a priority"
 
Obama:  "If you cross us we will skillfully find and kill you in 2 years".