Osama Bin Laden Didn't Encrypt His Files 333
An anonymous reader writes "If you're running a terrorist organization, it might make sense to encrypt your files. Clearly Osama Bin Laden didn't realize that — as some of the documents seized during the raid on his hideout in Pakistan have been made public for the first time. 17 electronic documents, which were found on USB sticks, memory cards and computer hard drives after US Navy Seals killed the terrorist chief in the May 2011 raid, are being released in their original Arabic alongside English translations by the Combating Terrorism Center, reports Sophos."
Re:And Still (Score:1, Informative)
George W kept the secret because he was using Bin Laden as an "Emmanuel Goldstein" to scare the American public into accepting draconian security measures and taxation for years after OBL's actual death. Many non-US sources stated he was treated for, but died of kidney failure in late 2001 (yes, probably in one of those caves).
The number of patently false videos and pictures of the guy blared through American media as legitimate since 2001 constitute common sense proof that we had the wool pulled over our eyes for a long, long time.