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Interestingly, VICE has a piece about it. Skimming it just now, the reason CIA cites as to why they can't disclose it is interesting if you read between the lines and are familar with obscenity laws...
Releasing Osama Bin Laden’s Porn Stash: The Public's Heroic Battle with the CIA Continues | VICE News
"But the CIA won't release bin Laden's stash of porn, which Navy Seals apparently seized during a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan four years ago. That's because, unbelievably, it's located in an "operational file," which is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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"It seems like a stretch to call these [pornographic] materials operational files," said Steven Aftergood, the director of the Project on Government Secrecy. "Although they may have been obtained in the course of an operation, they do not have anything to do with the planning or conduct of the operation. So they don't really fit the definition of an operational file in the CIA Information Act."
Moreover, even if bin Laden's porn collection wasn't located in an operational file, the CIA said it still couldn't release it because US law bars the agency from mailing "obscene or crime-inciting matter.""
'Obscene or crime-inciting' is the operative phrase. Only porn falling under such a distinction in the US is child pornography and beastiality. Islam permits adults and children marrying and having sexual relations.
And as he'd been living in Pakistan which has no laws forbidding child pornography,
"Noting that none of the Pakistan's provinces has any law on child pornography, she called on the government to make specific laws to curb child sexual abuse."
Calls for tougher laws amid Pakistan's child abuse scandal | Asia | DW.COM | 10.08.2015
It's a reasonable conclusion.
Releasing Osama Bin Laden’s Porn Stash: The Public's Heroic Battle with the CIA Continues | VICE News
"But the CIA won't release bin Laden's stash of porn, which Navy Seals apparently seized during a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan four years ago. That's because, unbelievably, it's located in an "operational file," which is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
...
"It seems like a stretch to call these [pornographic] materials operational files," said Steven Aftergood, the director of the Project on Government Secrecy. "Although they may have been obtained in the course of an operation, they do not have anything to do with the planning or conduct of the operation. So they don't really fit the definition of an operational file in the CIA Information Act."
Moreover, even if bin Laden's porn collection wasn't located in an operational file, the CIA said it still couldn't release it because US law bars the agency from mailing "obscene or crime-inciting matter.""
'Obscene or crime-inciting' is the operative phrase. Only porn falling under such a distinction in the US is child pornography and beastiality. Islam permits adults and children marrying and having sexual relations.
And as he'd been living in Pakistan which has no laws forbidding child pornography,
"Noting that none of the Pakistan's provinces has any law on child pornography, she called on the government to make specific laws to curb child sexual abuse."
Calls for tougher laws amid Pakistan's child abuse scandal | Asia | DW.COM | 10.08.2015
It's a reasonable conclusion.
