Among the items Navy SEALs reportedly retrieved from Osama’s Abbottabad compound: a porn stash presumed to have been viewed and used for pleasurable purposes by the world’s most wanted terrorist. That visual I just stuck in your head? You’re welcome.
Reuters reports that the adult material found “consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive.” Snip:
The officials said they were not yet sure precisely where in the compound the pornography was discovered or who had been viewing it. Specifically, the officials said they did not know if bin Laden himself had acquired or viewed the materials.
Reports from Abbottabad have said that bin Laden’s compound was cut off from the Internet or other hard-wired communications networks. It is unclear how compound residents would have acquired the pornography.
As fun as it is to make LOLs, it’s worth noting that Reuters is the only organization to have reported this claim, based on anonymously quoted “officials.” Previous details about the OBL operation have been mis-reported by the administration, and it’s possible that this, too, is bogus.
[via Wired News]