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New Bin Laden documents released - Tracy Riddle - 02-03-2016
Bin Laden "was still sort of thinking in very kind of grand schemes, and still ... trying to reclaim that 9/11 'victory'," said one of the senior intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
But he was "somewhat out of touch with the (actual) capabilities of his organization," the official said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-binladen-documents-idUSKCN0W348A
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138851/Osama-bin-Laden-files-reveal-plot-bring-Air-Force-One-kill-Barack-Obama.html
He plotted to bring down a plane carrying President Obama, claiming it would mean the accession of vice-president Joe Biden, who was 'utterly unprepared' for the job.
The revelations emerged in a cache of letters and documents recovered from Bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan and released online yesterday, a year after his death in a raid by US Navy SEALs.
Bin Laden ordered two units to be set up, in Pakistan and Bagram, Afghanistan the home of a major US base to attack aircraft carrying Mr Obama and his vice-president.
He clearly wanted gaffe-prone Mr Biden in the White House and said 'the killing…would have a serious impact on the course of the war' because Mr Obama was 'the man of this phase'.
(Supposedly one of his "handwritten" notes, though it looks like it was typed on a computer to me.)
"Al Qaeda has no love for Fox News and CEO Roger Ailes, but praised ABC News journalist Brian Ross for his interest in al Qaeda-related issues."
New Bin Laden documents released - Magda Hassan - 03-03-2016
I saw this yesterday too but was wondering what the big deal is as the Mirror article is from several years ago and there is not much new. Curious as to the timing and why?