CIA RELEASES MORE FILES IT SAYS CAME FROM BIN LADEN RAID, INCLUDING HIS JOURNAL

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said the release "provides the opportunity for the American people to gain further insights into the plans and workings of this terrorist organization."
The release came in accordance with a 2014 appropriations bill for intelligence activity that required the Director of National Intelligence to review documents obtained from the raid, and make the files it declassified from the review available to the public.
Wednesday's document dump is the latest addition to the public collection, dubbed "bin Laden's bookshelf" by the DNI. The collection includes three previous releases since May 2015.
In addition to bin Laden's journal, the CIA said the release includes thousands of other documents as well as al Qaeda's potential promotional and planning materials.

 According to the foundation for Defense of Democracies, the release also contains other items of significance, including what it determined are the first-known adult images of bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden and documents about al Qaeda's relationship with Iran and its role in the Iraqi insurgency.The CIA said some of the files it had not released would harm national security or contained copyrighted material, pornography and malware.The agency said some of the copyrighted material it was withholding included the family movies "Cars," "Chicken Little," and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," as well as the documentaries "Where in the World is Osama bin Laden" and "CNN Presents: World's Most Wanted."The release on Wednesday came less than a week after President Donald Trump's administration decided to release some but not all files pertaining to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A 1992 law mandated all files had to come out by last Thursday, unless the President waived some from release.Trump went on to pledge to release all files "other than the names and addresses of any mentioned person who is still living."

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PHOTOS: Osama bin Laden's compound

The compound where Osama bin Laden was killed is guarded by Pakistani police on May 4, 2011.

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A closer view of one of the buildings in the compound is seen on May 7, 2011.

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A general view of the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, is seen on May 5, 2011.

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A demolition crew works to dismantle the compound on February 26, 2012Hide Caption