So apparently bin Laden was a total conspiracy theorist...

bin Laden apparently had about thirty-eight English language books in his compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, and of these, about half were conspiracy books.

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“In terms of the materials that are there, some of the things that we’ve found to be of note were that bin Laden was probably an avid conspiracy theorist,” the senior intelligence official said in a phone call. “Of the 38 full-length English-language books he had in his possession, about half of them were conspiracy theory books” about the Illuminati, Freemasons, and other conspiracy topics. Texts listed on the “bookshelf” include Bloodlines of the Illuminati by the American conspiracy theorist Fritz Springmeier; The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 by the 9/11 conspiracy theorist David Ray Griffin; and The Secrets of the Federal Reserve, a book by the Holocaust denier and anti-Semite Eustace Mullins.

I find it highly amusing that he had a book written about the tragedy he himself caused that was written by a guy who doesn't believe he did it. The questions abound; was bin Laden going senile and forgot he perpetrated 9/11? Or was he just getting a kick out of how wrong Griffin got the story?

And then of course there's the others on the list; it's not surprising bin Laden might be a Holocaust denier, but the Illuminati piece I have to admit is intriguing. One wonders where bin Laden came to the conclusions that there might be some merit in those theories; assuming, of course, that he purchased the books because he believed in what they were saying, at least in most cases (still find it hard to believe the 9/11 book was anything more than tongue-in-cheek on his part).

Anyways; just wanted to share with our resident CTers; one of the worst men of this century is one of you, apparently. Enjoy!! :D

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