By PIERRE THOMAS (@PierreTABC) and MARTHA RADDATZ (@martharaddatz)
May 11, 2011
A journal apparently handwritten by Osama bin Laden is among the trove of evidence recovered by U.S. Navy SEALs in the operation that killed the al Qaeda leader more than a week ago, U.S. officials said today.
The notebook, which was described by one official as a "professional journal," detailed al Qaeda doctrine, potential targets and how to carry out attacks against them. U.S. intelligence analysts conducted a handwriting analysis of the journal and believe it was personally written by bin Laden, who another official described as a "meticulous note-taker."
The notes describing potential plots against the U.S. rail system, which prompted an advisory from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security last week, were part of the journal, officials said. Analysts have been poring over the documents in the ten days since bin Laden was killed and still no immiment plots have been discovered, though officials said there is still much work to do.
May 11, 2011
A journal apparently handwritten by Osama bin Laden is among the trove of evidence recovered by U.S. Navy SEALs in the operation that killed the al Qaeda leader more than a week ago, U.S. officials said today.
The notebook, which was described by one official as a "professional journal," detailed al Qaeda doctrine, potential targets and how to carry out attacks against them. U.S. intelligence analysts conducted a handwriting analysis of the journal and believe it was personally written by bin Laden, who another official described as a "meticulous note-taker."
The notes describing potential plots against the U.S. rail system, which prompted an advisory from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security last week, were part of the journal, officials said. Analysts have been poring over the documents in the ten days since bin Laden was killed and still no immiment plots have been discovered, though officials said there is still much work to do.