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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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RECRUITING
DATA GATHERED
The U.S. believes al-Qaeda is exploring new ways of recruiting members into its organization
POSSIBLE PLOT
U.S. intelligence has learned that al-Qaeda is particularly interested in South African passport holders because the network believes South Africans enjoy visa-free entry into many countries. The U.S. is not specifically cited in this context
To avoid detection, operatives have talked about making a real effort to recruit "non-Arab males"
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