Did Bin Laden watch porn as he hid in Pakistan? Stash of X-rated films found in his squalid lair



First it emerged Osama Bin Laden spent hours watching videos of himself as he callously planned new terror attacks against the 'decadent' West

But now it appears the Al Qaeda mastermind may have watched something else as he hid in his squalid lair - pornography.

Today officials revealed U.S. Navy SEALs discovered a stash of x-rated films in the terror leader's final hideout.



What was he watching? Today it emerged U.S. Navy SEALs found a stash of pornography videos in Osama Bin Laden's squalid lair

It's the latest in a series of chilling revelations about the years Bin Laden spent in the specially-built compound, as investigators trawl through the treasure trove of evidence recovered by the SEALS.

According to officials, the commandos found a 'fairly extensive' collection of modern porn films as they searched the building after Bin Laden was shot.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they did not yet know where in the compound the films were found - or who had been watching it.

The terror leader shared the three-storey house in Abbottabad, not far from the Pakistani capital, with his three wives, several of his children and the families of two of his closest aides.

It is not known whether Bin Laden himself watched the pornography, which consisted of recent, electronically-recorded video.

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Last week it emerged investigators had found home videos made during the five or six years Bin Laden spent in the compound, showing the terror leader wrapped in a dirty blanket, watching recorded news reports of himself and President Obama.

It is not yet clear how the compound's residents would have got hold of the x-rated videos, but it seems likely they would have been smuggled in by Bin Laden's courier.

Three other U.S. officials who have seen evidence gathered during investigations of other Islamic militants said it is not unusual to discover porn in such cases.

Yesterday it emerged that, rather than being a reclusive figure, Bin Laden kept in constant contact with his network of terrorists to plot attacks across the globe.



Investigators uncovered thousands of messages and email addresses documenting potential terror plots.

Final hideout: Investigators are trawling through a treasure trove of evidence found at Bin Laden's final compound in Abbottabad

Bin Laden would write the messages offline and save it to a USB flash drive. His courier would take the device to a distant internet café, copy the message into an email and then send it.

Incoming messages were processed in reverse, allowing Bin Laden to stay in touch with his terror network



More than 100 flash drives, five desktop computers, laptops and ten years’ worth of handwritten journals have been found in the compound, showing that Bin Laden was plotting attacks on New York, Los Angeles and other American cities as well as Europe.

His personal diaries reveal his determination to achieve a ‘body count of thousands’ by targeting trains and planes on significant dates such as the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attack.

Investigators continue to search through the haul, an unprecedented cache of evidence about the Al Qaeda's operations.

