from the compound. pakistan authorities are not necessarily cooperating that, right? they are -- trying to portray a different type of osama bin laden. roup ye >> reporter: we have seen different stories. these two kind of conflicting stories of what took place in the compound. one version from the united states and another version from pakistan. pakistan obviously in a position where they are being criticized for not going bin laden was there. today what -- reuters news agency has been reporting that pakistani intelligence officials have been telling them actually he was quite cut off and it was a very difficult life and he was living. and he didn't have -- communication with other al qaeda leaders and that he was actually just more of a symbolic figurehead. they, of course, wanted -- don't want to be criticized for having him in midst and controlling the operation. then want to downplay that as much as possible. it is tough to know which version is true. but that's what we are hearing from both sides. alex? >> okay. nbc's stephanie gosk in
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