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US releases more than 100 documents recovered from Osama bin Laden raid

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 22:44

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Bookshelves show taste ranging from jihadi material to Noam Chomsky
Collection also includes family letters and al-Qaida membership application
US intelligence officials have released more than 100 letters and documents found during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, revealing the al-Qaida leader’s intense fear of drones and surveillance, correspondence with his family, and continued preoccupation with launching attacks against the west.
Alongside scores of declassified Arabic documents – mainly correspondence with key lieutenants, associates and groups spread around the Islamic world – the Office of the Director of National Intelligence also released the contents of Bin Laden’s library, including works by Islamist thinkers, but also English language books on history and current affairs by authors including Noam Chomsky and Bob Woodward.

The documents were released after a “rigorous interagency review” led by theCIA, said Jeffrey Anchukaitis, spokesman for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Anchukaitis said the review continues, but that “given the large number of documents to review, and the increasing public demand to review those documents”, the White House asked for them to be released as they were ready.
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