Inside Al-Qaeda's Files
The discovery of computer materials belonging to al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan led American officials to warn of threats to specific facilities inside the U.S. Several hard drives and 51 computer discs recovered in Pakistan provide evidence that al-Qaeda has conducted extensive surveillance of U.S. targets. Surveillance reports found on the computers contain some 500 photographs of targeted buildings and discussions about how to hit them. A senior U.S. law-enforcement official gave TIME's Adam Zagorin a partial inventory of the material, including descriptions of potential attacks in the terrorists' words

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DATA GATHERED
The terrorists collected detailed information on the construction and layout of the facility

POSSIBLE PLOT
Unspecified bombing or fire attack Noting windows behind the six columns at the main entrance, an al-Qaeda report concludes the facility is "a little fragile"
FROM THE AUG. 16, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, AUG. 8, 2004

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