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CIA Hunts for bin Laden Files' Names

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To determine concrete threats.

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What’s in a name? After scouring Osama bin Laden’s journals and computer files, the U.S. is looking to connect names mentioned in the documents to actual individuals. A special Media Exploitation Task Force is working around the clock at CIA headquarters to determine whether the plots described in the intelligence haul are past the planning stages and moving into action. The names have been added to terrorist watch lists, and travel records are being examined to see whether any of the terrorists mentioned have entered the country.

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