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More than 100 were declassified and published at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/resources\/bin-laden-bookshelf?start=1\" title=\"http:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/resources\/bin-laden-bookshelf?start=1\">http:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/resources\/bin-laden-bookshelf?start=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documents include a fill-in-the-blanks job application for terrorist candidates that ranges from typical questions about education and hobbies to &#8220;Do you wish to execute a suicide operation?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Altogether, the 103 papers and videos add new texture to the world&#8217;s picture of the mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, much of it in his own words. They include videos and images of letters in Arabic, with the English translations by intelligence officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The material was recovered in the May 2011 raid on bin Laden&#8217;s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said. It said it was being made public after a rigorous review by government agencies, as required by a 2014 law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials had said at the time of his death that they believed bin Laden had become so isolated in his hideout that he no longer exercised the level of control over al-Qaida operations that he had in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635677304434547792-bin-laden-documents-weig-1-001jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635677304434547792-bin-laden-documents-weig-1-001jpg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635677304434547792-bin-laden-documents-weig-1-001jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635677304434547792-bin-laden-documents-weig-1-001jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A translated copy of an application to join Osama bin Laden&#8217;s terrorist network is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. The document is among 100 realized by U.S. intelligence officials. U.S. intelligence officials have released more than 100 documents seized in the raid on Osama bin Laden\u0092s compound, including a loving letter to his wife and a job application for his terrorist network. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says the papers were taken in the Navy SEALs raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011.(AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>A translated copy of an application to join Osama bin Laden&#8217;s terrorist network is photographed May 20 in Washington. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says the papers were taken in the Navy SEALs raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: J. David Ake\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one letter, bin Laden urges one of his deputies to inform &#8220;our brothers&#8221; they must keep their focus on fighting Americans. Their &#8220;job is to uproot the obnoxious tree by concentrating on its American trunk, and to avoid being occupied with the local security forces,&#8221; bin Laden writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another bin Laden letter mocks President George W. Bush&#8217;s &#8220;war on terror,&#8221; saying it had not achieved stability in Iraq or Afghanistan and questioning why U.S. troops were &#8220;searching for the lost phantom&#8221; \u2014 weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. 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