The unnamed sources went on to say that they weren't sure where in the compound the stash was stored, who it belonged to, or if bin Laden had ever viewed it. The hideout was shared by Bin Laden's son and two couriers. A video confiscated from the the compound shows bin Laden watching himself on TV, confirming at least that the hideout was rigged to play videos. Some speculate that the videos could have been used to relay some sort of secret terrorist code (I see the makings of Dan Brown's next novel: The Porn Code).
Other U.S. officials familiar with Islamic militants said that porn is a pretty common thing to be found in a terrorist hideout. Saddam Hussein for instance had images of Jennifer Lopez littered about his compound.
More than a few skeptics have wondered if this porn stash is the equivalent of the Bush administration's insistence that Saddam had a secret arsenal of WMDs. After all this was the same government who admitted to researching the possibility of making a gay bin Laden sex tape.
Bin Laden supporters will have no trouble doubting everything U.S. officials say about their slain leader, even the fact that he is dead. For decades to come Muslims will undoubtedly have bin Laden sightings similar to how aging baby boomers in this country still spot Elvis buying lotto tickets at truck stops.
Conversely, Americans will believe whatever we want to believe about the terrorist leader. Bin Laden was just a man, like any of our political leaders, and as such he was given to hypocrisy. We don't need to know that he watched porn to believe bin Laden was a bad guy. The fact that he openly admitted to masterminding the murder of thousands of Americans should be all the evidence we need. If anything, the fact that he may have liked porn just makes him more human.
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Friday Reuters broke the story that a porn stash was discovered in Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan by the Navy SEALs who stormed his compound.
Allegedly the treasure-trove includes a "fairly extensive" collection of modern adult videos, though which particular porn titles or stars were included in the spank-bank remains unknown. Furthermore, this intelligence remains a bit vague and suspect as it was leaked by U.S. officials who insisted on remaining anonymous.
