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CIA looking into computers taken from Bin Laden’s compound
Computers taken from Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan compound could reveal a trove of information about Al Qaeda terrorist network and its donors, according intelligence experts.Data, potentially in hard drives and other materials taken by the U.S. Special Forces, could reveal a new list of Al Qaeda contributors. While U.S. military Special Forces worked their way through the compound, other members of the team were collecting everything they could that might contain useful information.
“The people who were on the compound took advantage of their time there to make sure that we were able to acquire whatever material we thought was appropriate and what was needed. And we are in the process right now of looking at whatever might have been picked up,” , said John Brennan, chief counterterrorism adviser to president Obama.
U.S. Officials will not say exactly what the commando team collected, but several news organizations are reporting the material includes a large number of computers, hard disc drives and various other computer memory devices.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says “we hope the evidence and materials seized that could lead to other high value targets or other networks that exist that we don’t know about, or that we only know a little about”.
Officials hope the information will provide solid leads that help them hit hard at al-Qaida’s network. Bin Laden’s contacts are likely already on the run and working hard to cover their tracks, but the “relentless” work that netted the world’s most wanted terrorist will continue for some time to come.