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Posted on 05/06/2005 4:07:46 PM PDT by Dog
U.S. officials are working feverishly to decipher numbers and apparent codes in a notebook retrieved from suspected al Qaeda leader Abu Faraj al-Libbi, ABC News has learned.
Al-Libbi believed to be third in command of al Qaeda leader after Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri was arrested by Pakistani authorities on Monday.
He is suspected of leading two failed assassination attempts on the life of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
Sources said officials believe al-Libbi's seized notebook contains "hot" contact information. They said officials are hopeful the notebook contains useful information because al-Libbi was stunned when he was captured.
One senior official described al-Libbi as "shocked" and enraged.
"He thought he was invincible," the source said. "He was caught with his pants down. This was not the time and place of his choosing."
Al-Libbi was trying to destroy the notebook when he was apprehended, multiple sources said.
I had the pleasure of "visiting" one not too long ago.
Retard. Unless he took a sledge hammer or large size rock to it, the data is recoverable. Even then it would have been tough to smash the hard drive beyond recovery since the laptop would buffer the blows.
Did not know that. Gold trim is a big hint though.
<< ***I enjoyed the early news reports on this capture. First reports had him denying that he was an al Qaeda member. Later reports were that "after a few hours in custody" he confessed his position. I wonder if they put panties on his head or a dog collar around his neck.***
I heard that they finally broke him by showing him nude photographs of Janet Reno .... <<
..... and threatening him with transfer to Israel for continued "debriefing!"
<< I wouldn't. They could have used nude photos of Helen Thomas for all we know.
Now that's inhumane. We have to draw the line somewhere. >>
Relax.
Helen's an Arab.
Looking at her pic just makes them homesick.
How stupid are the US officials to tell this to reporters? Why not tell them he destroyed it.
This stuff makes me sick. Lives are being lost because of incompetence like this.
Not only is it most likely that intelligence is planting this material in the alphabet press, but even here at FR, we may be faux-claiming horror at this news with the strategy that it helps the bad guys presume the story is valid...
** I heard that they finally broke him by showing him nude photographs of Janet Reno...**
they actually told him if he didn't die soon, janet reno would be one of his 72 virgins in heaven.
teeman
That phrase, 'time and place of his chosing"...goes back to Bush speeches..hmmm. Are we sure it was the Pakistanis that got this guy. I think our guys got him and we give Musharef the credit so he appears strong. Which is ok by me.
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