Treasure trove of intelligence gained from Osama bin Laden raid

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

This is why you don't use cruise missiles or predator drones to just blow stuff up. The high risk, high reward raid on Osama bin Laden's compound produced a treasure trove of intelligence. I would guess that the entire command structure of al-Qaida is now on the run since first learning of the successful raid.

Politico reports Osama bin Laden raid yields trove of computer data:

The assault force of Navy SEALs snatched a trove of computer drives and disks during their weekend raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, yielding what a U.S. official called “the mother lode of intelligence.”

The special operations forces grabbed personal computers, thumb drives and electronic equipment during the lightning raid that killed bin Laden, officials told POLITICO.

“They cleaned it out,” one official said. “Can you imagine what’s on Osama bin Laden’s hard drive?”

U.S. officials are about to find out. The material is being examined at a secret location in Afghanistan.

“Hundreds of people are going through it now,” an official said, adding that intelligence operatives back in Washington are very excited to find out what they have.

“It’s going to be great even if only 10 percent of it is actionable,” the official said.

Let's hope that there is enough information to roll up what is left of al-Qaida. I am betting that there are several extremely nervous Pakistani military and intelligence officers today hoping that their names do not show up in any of Osama bin Laden's files.