Documents found in Osama bin Laden raid to be released

It is not known whether more of the material will be made public at a later
date.

Peter Bergen, a terrorism analyst, said information about the 10-year search
for bin Laden’s lair would probably be included in the release.

Mr Bergen was given access to some of the files for a book about the hunt,
including letters bin Laden had written to al Qaeda leaders and other terror
heads.

Intelligence and counter-terrorist analysts have spent months studying the
documents, looking for clues about the inside workings of al-Qaeda and
possible future targets.

“[The files] gave us much more of an insight into the strategic agenda and
intent and his [Osama bin Laden’s] desire and efforts to still maintain
contact with the affiliates,” an anonymous intelligence official was
reported as saying last week.

“It provided us some tremendous insights on al-Qaida’s strategy and the
personalities that are likely to remain useful for years to come, much like
we find with debriefing and other pieces of information we gather,” the
official added. “These are, again, all things that we can continually
go back to reference to put, again, pieces of that puzzle together.”

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