Surprise,surprise : A fairly extensive collection of porn found at the Bin Ladin House.

[sufrommich]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday.

The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive, according to the officials, who discussed the discovery with Reuters on condition of anonymity.

The officials said they were not yet sure precisely where in the compound the pornography was discovered or who had been viewing it. Specifically, the officials said they did not know if bin Laden himself had acquired or viewed the materials.

Reports from Abbottabad have said that bin Laden's compound was cut off from the Internet or other hard-wired communications networks. It is unclear how compound residents would have acquired the pornography.

But a video released by the Obama administration confiscated from the compound showed bin Laden watching pictures of himself on a TV screen, indicating that the compound was equipped with video playback equipment.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-pornography-found-bin-laden-hideout-officials-162214194.html

[sharp_stick]

1. I'd like to find an internet enabled

computer anywhere in the world that doesn't have a stash or porn on it.

[PassingFair]

6. Nothing on mine....

If I want to see body parts, I've got mirrors all over the place.

:)

[distantearlywarning]

7. Mine doesn't.

I'm not even anti-porn or anything. I just don't give a shit.

[Wait Wut]

9. Not mine.

My imagination is enough.

[meegbear]

2. I'd never believe something like that, but since it's from anonymous sources ....

[EFerrari]

3. Whenever we take out a leader anywhere, we always find porn, drugs and cigars.

Noriega, Saddam, Bin Laden. It's standard issue. lol

[Jim__]

5. That's my reaction. I don't believe anything the government tells me ...

... unless there are credible sources that back it up. The government talks to us like we're children. Bin Laden killed thousands of Americans. Why the hell would I care if he watched porn?

[EFerrari]

13. Remember that whole "bin Laden's playboy days" story?

It was a complete fantasy. He never had playboy days. He's always been a dour, straight, devout whackjob.

/oops

[sufrommich]

8. I'd be willing to bet you would not even question the same being

found in the house of some American religious fundamentalist. Because the fundamentalist are never out and out hypocrites, right?

[EFerrari]

12. Our government usually protects the fundies, they don't target them.n/t

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

4. Release the porn!

Will any one file a FOIA request?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. One should always have "some guys" to destroy/hide the porn in the event of untimely death.

Of course, those guys got themselves shot in the fracas.

[Matariki]

21. And "some guys" to plant it when people start complaining about assassination without trials.

I'm completely surprised that it wasn't child pornography. That usually ends all arguments.

[MilesColtrane]

11. Yeah, but...

it's Taliban porn.

[Heidi]

14. Like, maybe an Elvis concert video, or a women showing their faces?

I wonder by whose definition the findings, if there were any, were "porn." We Americans can't decide among ourselves what "porn" is, and to narrow it down even further, we progressives can't decide among ourselves what porn is. And then there is the political advantage of US forces having (alledgedly) found "porn" at ObL's compound. Color me skeptical, but it just seems awfully convenient.

[Hannah Bell]

15. sure. all evil villains use porn, we already know that.

"Reports from Abbottabad have said that bin Laden's compound was cut off from the Internet or other hard-wired communications networks. It is unclear how compound residents would have acquired the pornography."

[EFerrari]

16. The problem is, so does everyone else.

So porn as a marker for "evil villian" is dicey.

lol

[Hannah Bell]

18. i know plenty of people who don't, including me.

and the purpose of publicizing the find is pretty obvious.

and for myself, i don't really believe it.

[EFerrari]

22. Well, enough people do as to make this a pretty silly story.

But it does keep the self righteous hatred going on a Friday afternoon.

[Hannah Bell]

23. as planned.

in the modern age, most state enemies are found to be porn users or worse.

[SDuderstadt]

17. We should start a thread with prospective titles of...

the porn.

I'll go first: "Behind the Veil".

[Matariki]

19. Pretty cliche way to smear an enemy.

File it along with Noriega's "porn collection".

[ljm2002]

20. Of course, if I wanted to discredit bin Laden post-mortem...

...especially with his Taliban followers, this is exactly the story I would put out there.

Not saying it isn't true, just saying it may be and it may not be. I don't trust anything from official sources anymore. They're all playing games and they're all doing psyops.