by Tyler Durden
Nov 2, 2017 7:53 PM
An intelligence insider is warning the public about this latest CIA mass release of purported Osama Bin Laden files from devices found in the Abbottabad, Pakistan compound, saying that it has a specific political agenda with content that has been carefully and selectively published by the CIA in order to manipulate the public. This surprising insider testimony comes as Iran hawks argue they've found "proof" of an Iran and al-Qaeda connection, and as no information has yet to surface from the files regarding how bin Laden came to be living for years in the neighborhood of Pakistan's most visible military academy and within clear sight of the Pakistani government and allied US intelligence services.
Yesterday the CIA published to its public archives website 18,000 document files, about 79,000 audio and image files and over 10,000 video files taken from devices found in the deceased al-Qaeda leader's compound six and a half years ago. Among the most significant items provided is what the CIA says is bin Laden’s personal hand-written journal. This is the fourth major release of bin Laden documents since the first trove of materials was published in May 2015.
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Though currently the media has seized on some of the more sensational oddities of the files - for example, retro video games, Pixar children's movies, viral YouTube clips like 'Charlie bit my finger', RT News programming, Bin Laden's son Hamza's wedding, videos of the compounds barnyard animals, CNN documentaries, conspiracy movies, and other random things - foreign policy establishment hawks are seizing upon something quite different: they say the trove reveals al-Qaeda links with Iran.
