Posted on 05/07/2011 1:24:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The compound in Pakistan where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden was an active command center from which he directed al Qaeda, a senior intelligence official said on Saturday as he released videos showing bin Laden watching himself on tape and rehearsing speeches.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said information carted away from the compound by U.S. forces following Monday's raid represented the largest trove of intelligence ever obtained from a single terrorism suspect.
"This compound in Abbottabad was an active command and control center for al Qaeda's top leader and it's clear ... that he was not just a strategic thinker for the group," the official said. "He was active in operational planning and in driving tactical decisions."
The official released five video clips of bin Laden taken from the compound, most of them showing the al Qaeda leader, his beard dyed black, evidently rehearsing the videotaped speeches he occasionally distributed to his followers.
One video segment, however, showed a gray-bearded bin Laden in a more casual setting wrapped in a blanket and apparently wearing a ski cap while watching videotapes of himself. The official said the personal nature of the videos was further evidence that the man killed in the raid was bin Laden.
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It makes me upset that they are releasing info. On the photo of his command center.. it looks like a monitor to his right and another to his left. The power strip on the floor has a few plugs in it. CNN mentioned something about the older calculator that used paper. I also saw a drawing of the compound that had at least 2 sat dishes. Just my observation here.
“A command center without phone lines or internet access. Hmmm”
I read here, a few days ago, that there was a buried fiber optics cable. Probably to a nearby house?
Where was the dialysis machine?
Unbelievable.
“A command center with no phone service, no internet, no TV?”
Thought I saw a dish on the roof, in pics posted here. Who the heck knows what to believe at this point?
It's time to call on Jimmah Carter. He's the world's greatest expert on terrorist rabbits.
Supposedly bin Laden was only 54 yrs old. Not that this would completely rule out dementia, Alzheimer’s, or being a feeble old man with a couple of bad kidneys.
“the largest trove of intelligence ever obtained from a single terrorism suspect”
Then WHY did Obama IMMEDIATELY announce the raid?
Even if Al Qaeda has infiltrated Pakistini ISI, it would have taken a while for the information to seep back to the other higher-ups in Al Qaeda. Why didn’t Obama keep his big yap SHUT for a few days?
Some news reports have referred to information on “safe houses” among the intel. That kind of intel needs to be used immediately, before it becomes widely known. Why did Obama announce it worldwide on TV within hours of the raid, destroying any intel that had a short shelf-life?
Why doesn’t anyone in the White House press corps ask the administration why they didn’t wait until after an attempt was made to use some of the most urgent intel before making an announcement?
After what he’s been involved with I personally don’t care if the death photo shows him partially decapitated in a wheelchair.
I’m just saying, while we may not be voting for Obama no matter what, there’s a whole lot of folks out there that would be haunted by such an image come next election.
A demented, worthless old man under virtual house arrest living in squalor and hounded by three wives and 13 kids? I call that justice. A very sweet and poetic justice.
I have no source but believe I read it on Free Republic
I re read it to be sure
After writing the above, I searched on bing and this came up
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2714933/posts
“Materials found in bin Ladens compound include hard drives, thumb drives and a dedicated fiber-optic cable used for point-to-point access to the Internet, according to two U.S. officials who read initial after-action reports on the raid.”
It says “dedicated”. I remembered “buried”
OOPs.... left you off the reply. See My post 55
A dedicated fiber cable is a huge pipe.
It means voice over IP and video over IP and allsorts of verygoodies
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