Osama bin Laden's pornography stash to remain under wraps, US decides

Document hoard found at al-Qaida leader’s hideout contained ‘a considerable number of pornographic videos’ but the US does not plan to release them


The list of documents recovered from Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan hideout and released by US intelligence officials includes operational notes, family letters, political analysis and histories of Islamist militancy.

But one portion of the document hoard seems unlikely ever to be declassified: Osama bin Laden’s porn collection. Since the 2011 Navy Seal raid in which the al-Qaida chief was killed, there have been numerous unconfirmed reports that the documents included “a considerable quantity of pornographic videos”. More...

View Comments

News on the Net——

News from around the world