Bin Laden Was Planning 9/11 Anniversary Attack
Documents taken from Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound indicate that the head of al-Qaida was plotting an attack to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The records contained names of possible operatives, but little else that was useful, according to Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal.
Documents taken from Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound indicate that the head of al-Qaida was plotting an attack to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The records contained names of possible operatives, but little else that was useful, according to Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal. –ARK
TRUTHDIG’S JOURNALISM REMAINS CLEARForeign Policy:
Siobhan Gorman reports that information recovered from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound indicates that the slain terrorist leader was in the initial stages of planning an attack for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with his “operations chief” Attiyah Abd al-Rahman … . Bin Laden and Rahman were discussing names of operatives to be involved, according to the seized documents; Gorman also notes that most analysts have finished their review of the documents, but have found little actionable intelligence.
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Of course the investigative reporter used anonymous sources in his exposé on the bin Laden raid. Only with anonymous sources can journalists get past the wall that the Obama administration has built by prosecuting whistleblowers.
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This bit of news probably will not help the already dicey relationship between Pakistan and the U.S.: Pakistani officials have arrested five people believed to have assisted the CIA in the operation that felled Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad last month.
The U.S. special ops team that took out Osama bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan scooped up an assortment of computer equipment, which the intelligence community is now analyzing. (more)
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