Bin Laden's Hard Drive | Full Episode

Newly declassified hard drives taken from the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed reveal a groundbreaking look at his personal life. Experts sift through the 470,000 digital files to piece together a roadmap into the mind of a mass murderer. Examine his contradictory personal psychology, relationship with family and religion as well as his legacy of violence and destruction.

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Bin Laden's Hard Drive | Full Episode

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[Frankie_]

I don't know why this documentary is about people's opinions rather than being about the contents of Osama's hard drive.

[eddieandrews]

After a couple of minutes I can tell this is going to be a history lesson instead of what's actually on the disc

[AnUtterSimpleton]

Love the part where you don't show us the contents of the hard drive, like the title says.

[mr.wigglemunch]

"I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me."

- George Carlin

[farhanfaiyazkhan]

this documentary is more about their views on bin laden than the content inside those hard drives

[arcusma]

Seriousness aside, I never thought I’d see bloopers from a Bin-Laden speech family guy style

[zackadamec]

Kind of poetic to see that he lived in constant fear and paranoia for the rest of his days. Feel bad for the kids that got stuck there though.

[georgevendeta]

This documentary could have been shrunk down to a 10 minute mini-doc.

[friendlybane]

I noticed how Saudi Arabia was not mentioned once in this entire documentary, even though he and the other 9/11 attackers were born in Saudi Arabia. That's not a coincidence.

[arnavnair]

I remember reading an article about the Navy Seals' operation in Abottabad about Bin Laden and I still remember a line from the article, " The way he behaved and what we found on his computer make him seem almost human and it could not be any farther from the truth". I believe that the found on his computer does not refer to the propaganda videos but refers to the cartoons and bloopers and other things.

[GistOfItMedia]

the title of this youtube video would make such a great garage punk album title

[AlexGomes]

You don’t need religions to have morals. If you can’t determine right from wrong, then you lack empathy, not religion.

[jackrussell]

Before judging, look onto your own hard drive.

[haroonsahibi]

What amazes me is that despite being a thorough and detailed documentary, almost no effort is made to inform the audience about the message of Osama and what made him justify his heinous crimes. There is no justification for his actions, but knowing about his demands/messages would give us a more complete picture and help us understand this extremist ideology.

[baberalizeb]

I'd love to know about Netanyahu's hard drive one day.

[tonytooshort]

I lost an uncle in the towers that day. God rest his soul. But I cannot imagine what it must of been like to live as a Muslim in 2001, in that constant and crippling fear.

[MadMrMatter]

SO FASCINATING! I just wish there were more content about the written words in the hard drive.

[sucklthia]

I live in Abbottabad and belong from here
Here are some things i noticed in the video and thought everyone should know, the video showing snow in the compound and surrounding hills is particularly from 2009 and early 2010 when that winter it snowed heavily in the city unlike previous years when it barely snowed due to climate change it used to snow a lot until the late 90s. This particular winter I remember as it was back in early Jan 2010 when I was in 3rd grade. Fun fact: I don't live far away from this compound, it has now been demolished and there's nothing here.

[matthewgrove-jones]

Heaps interesting doco. Best I've seen in ages.

[sandrao]

Such great free documentaries from NatGeo. Thank you for making these available — we are learning and reflecting in numbers!