EE.UU.. que espías a los datos de bin Laden redada

EE.UU.. intelligence officers are digging through a cache of computer equipment and data taken in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in hopes it will yield leads on other al Qaeda leaders and plots, according to American officials.

White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said the U.S. commandos who stormed the northern Pakistan compound where bin Laden had been holed up took “whatever material we thought was appropriate and what was needed.”

“We are trying to determine exactly the worth of whatever information we might have been able to pick up,” Brennan said Monday. He would disclose no details, but added, “This is a very important time to continue to prosecute this effort against al Qaeda.”

Bin Laden’s death may have little impact on war, terror threat

A U.S. counterterrorism official, También habló bajo condición de anonimato, dijo que el plazo inclued electrónica y medios de almacenamiento tales como CD y DVD. Ese funcionario dijo que el caché era más grande de lo esperado, ya que bin Laden estaba comunicando por correo y su complejo no tenía teléfono ni internet servicio.

Los investigadores buscarán primero para cualquier signo de ataques están planificando, a continuación, para cualquier cosa que les lleva a otros operativos principales de la red terrorista, el funcionario de contraterrorismo dijo. Un grupo de trabajo se estaba estableciendo en la CIA para peinar a través de la evidencia incautada en la redada, de acuerdo con un funcionario de inteligencia de alto rango que habló con los periodistas bajo condición de anonimato.

EE.UU.. anticipa las amenazas de Al Qaeda "de represalia’

Bin Laden fue el cerebro de Al Qaeda septiembre 11, 2001, ataques contra Nueva York y Washington, which killed nearly 3,000 people and triggered a war in Afghanistan that U.S. and allied troops are still fighting. But the terrorist network dispersed after the U.S. invasion that followed the 9/11 ataques, while others inspired by the group have taken up the cause with little or no direct connection to the group.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told CNN’s “The Situation Room” that the “diffuse” nature of al Qaeda is among its strengths.

“Keep in mind this is a network, not a hierarchy,” Hayden said. “So you’ve got still very active, very talented cells around the world.”

Fuente: CNN