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Porn Stash Found at Bin Laden Compound

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The Associated Press

9:10 PM, May. 13, 2011|

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. officials say pornography was among the items seized when U.S. Navy SEALs raided the Pakistani hideout of Osama bin Laden almost two weeks ago.

The officials say it was unclear who the material belonged to, or whether Bin Laden viewed it. Bin Laden's son and two other adult male couriers lived at the compound, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss matters of intelligence.

The pornography was confiscated in addition to a handwritten journal, five computers, ten hard drives and 110 thumb drives seized at the site, which are now being analyzed by a CIA-led team.

The journal's contents include bin Laden's musings over how to kill U.S. President
Barack Obama, US officials say. Bin Laden concluded he was too well protected.