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U.S. Won’t Release Bin Laden’s Porn Stash

May 22, 2015 at 8:04 am ET By Taegan Goddard 23 Comments

“Newly declassified documents from the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011 have revealed the late al-Qaida leader’s remarkable English-language library, including books by Noam Chomsky, Bob Woodward and even 9/11 conspiracy theorist David Ray Griffin,” the Washington Post reports.

“Yet the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which released the files on Wednesday, has not released all the material found in the compound. In fact, there’s a rather notorious stash that the U.S. government apparently doesn’t want you to see: a cache of pornography.”

Filed Under: National Security Tagged With: Osama bin Laden

Pakistanis Knew Where Osama Bin Laden Was

May 12, 2015 at 7:17 am ET By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

“Two intelligence sources tell NBC News that the year before the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a “walk in” asset from Pakistani intelligence told the CIA where the most wanted man in the world was hiding – and these two sources plus a third say that the Pakistani government knew where bin Laden was hiding all along.”

“The U.S. government has always characterized the heroic raid by Seal Team Six that killed bin Laden as a unilateral U.S. operation, and has maintained that the CIA found him by tracking couriers to his walled complex in Abbottabad, Pakistan.”

Filed Under: National Security Tagged With: Osama bin Laden

Navy SEAL Says Osama bin Laden Died Afraid

November 8, 2014 at 11:14 am ET By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

Robert O’Neill, the former Navy SEAL who claims he was the first U.S. soldier to shoot Osama bin Laden, says the Al Qaeda leader “died like a pussy” and “was afraid” because he “knew that we were there to kill him,” Gawker reports.

He added: “You can quote me on this bullshit.”

Filed Under: National Security Tagged With: Osama bin Laden

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