The CIA will release a wide-ranging trove of Al-Qaeda material seized by United States special forces in the 2011 operation that killed the group's leader, Osama Bin Laden. The massive trove of documents will be released for public access- minus the terror leader's pornography collection.
Documents were seized during 2011 attack on Osama Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan
According to The Independent, CIA boss Mike Pompeo stated the vast collection of classified documents retrieved by American commandos from Bin Laden's homestead in Pakistan would be declassified within weeks.
The millions of records- both electronic and paper- include letters from the slain terror leader's family, papers on the history of Islam, books, and notes detailing al-Qaeda's activities.
Government officials also revealed that the documents contain a vast collection of modern pornography films. In the past, the American government has released another collection of records collected at Osama Bin Laden's compound, some detailing the terror mastermind's fear of surveillance and desire to attack Western countries perceived as the enemies of Islam.
Speaking to Fox News, the CIA director voiced his belief that the US government needs to let the American public access the documents. Pompeo however, added that the erotic material would remain classified.
According to Fox News, the intelligence boss said that they would go through the collection to make sure that there's no classified material, then release to the public to ensure that the US does not in the future experience terrorist attacks such as the devastating 9/11 attacks. He added that only the pornographic and other copyrighted documents would not be made available for public scrutiny.
Mystery on how Osama Bin Laden accessed pornographic videos
In 2015, news website BroBible, requested to view the material through the Freedom of Information Act, but the CIA rejected it. The Independent quoted Mr. Michael Lavergne, the CIA's information officer saying federal laws prohibit the US intelligence agency from releasing "obscene matter." Before his demise, the Al-Qaeda leader's homestead was reported to have had no access to the internet, leaving questions as to how he would have obtained the pornographic videos.
The Daily Mail reported that sources close to the issue revealed that it was not clear whether the terrorist leader himself could have watched the films. Books by famous writer Noam Chomsky were among the digital material seized by the US soldiers during the 2011 raid. The commandos also took conspiracy theories on the 9/11 attacks, executed by Osama Bin Laden himself.
