Osama bin Laden was the notorious loss leader of the al - Qaida terrorist cell , and one of the FBI ’s most want for 10 until he was eventually cornered and wipe out in his secret hideout in Abbottabad , Pakistan in 2011 .

With his lair raid and his supporters scattered , the human race ’s curiosity became more about the man himself — and the interests typify by his internet hunt history are fascinating . Behind the Bastards podcast horde Robert Evans is get together by Ify Nwadiwe ( from the podcast Nerdificent ) and together they comb out through all the information release by the CIA to uncover theSecrets of Osama bin Laden ’s Hard Drive . ( Spoiler alert : It admit lots of erotica , anime , hentai and more . )

Bin Laden grew up down American media ; like confrere despots Joseph Stalin andAdolph Hitler , his favorite pic genre was Western . When bin Laden became a wanted man , running from the U.S. authorities , he beganwearing a opprobrious cowboy hatwhen out in public , thinking it would shield his identity from undercover agent artificial satellite and poke .

Osama bin Laden

Bin Laden was an acute and spiritual somebody , joining the avid Muslim Brotherhood in high school . He became idolise by Arabs because he used his family fortune to help fund the mujahideen fighters ( Afghan rebels ) during the Soviet Afghan War in the seventies . When he returned from the state of war in 1980 , he was celebrate as a hero for driving the mighty Soviet Army out of Afghanistan . He used this obedience and infamy as building blocks for his al - Qaida organization and religious crusade .

He grabbed the attention of the American world in 1998 , when al - Qaida operativesbombed United States embassiesin Nairobi , Kenya and Dar es Salaam , Tanzania , down more than 200 multitude and injuring more than 5,000 . OnSept . 11 , 2001 , the World Trade Centers were destroyed and the Pentagon was attacked when airplanes flown by al - Qaida extremist crashed into the edifice , killing almost 3,000 people . Initially , bin Laden denied involvement , but in October 2004 , hereleased a videoclaiming responsibility and decrying American intervention in the Middle East .

Bin Laden managed to evade seizure for another decade , until finally in May 2011 , he waskilled by U.S. forcesin his compound in Abbottabad where all of his prop was also seized . The CIApublished a listof documents from the compendium on May 20 , 2015 , March 1 , 2016 , and Jan. 19 , 2017 , which included everything from letter to family members and the American people to discussions on climate change .

But it was the terminal release on Nov. 1 , 2017 that featured what seemed like a treasure treasure trove of data , including 79,000 audio frequency and image file , plus al - Qaida " home video . " Also in the files?Hundreds of episodesof the sketch " Tom and Jerry " , YouTube videos on crocheting , a speech by retired U.S. Representative Ron Paul , child ’s film , and ( shocker)porn , picture games and lots of anime .

There was also plenty on the concentrated campaign that isof pursuit to our national security , including more recent pic of bin Laden ’s son Hazma , the likeliest nominee to become the loss leader of the novel al - Qaeda , and grounds that there are tie between al - Qaida and the Iranian government .

But what seems to offend everyone ’s curiosity is bin Laden ’s obsession with hentai — Zanzibar copal porno . Did he actually like it , or was he just using it tosend coded messages to other terrorists ? Robert and Ify dig late into the file cabinet to seek to sympathize , so join them to find out all you ever needed to have intercourse about bin Laden ’s smut predilections , the confederacy theory he followed and more in this episode of Behind the Bastards .