Promis/Inslaw was so devious and crooked a scheme on the part of our government that it is almost poetic justice that bin Laden obtained it, if he did. It was not ever going to be used for the benefit of mankind.
The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro
"On July 12, 1993 Inslaw submitted a 90-page rebuttal of the Bua report to Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell. The rebuttal offered evidence that the Bua report was false. What Inslaw probably did not know at time, however, was that Webster Hubbell's and White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster apparently were linked to both Iran-Contra and Inslaw through two Arkansas companies called Park-on-Meter and Systematics.
On July 20, 1993 Vince Foster was found dead in Fort Marcy Park. Three days later, attorney Paul Wilcher, allegedly investigating "The Octopus" was found dead."
From here.
And now Bin Laden... other articles point out that there's possibly hooks in this software to reverse spy on those who use it. Kinda a hack the hackers sort of thing. I imagine the Russkies disabled this?
This could be huge - Bin Laden's intellegence network possibly knows WAY too much about what our gov't is doing.