Proof is in the Hard Drives: Bin Laden’s Terror Tech

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After poring over documents and hard drives taken out of the compound in Abbottabad where bin Laden was killed, intelligence analysts have surmised that the al-Qaida leader was consistently in touch with the terrorist network he helped create, and still intimately involved in plotting more attacks. A story in The New York Times details the data found and C.I.A.  surveillance conducted before the mission to take out bin Laden was completed. We’re joined by Scott Shane, a New York Times reporter who worked on the story.  

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