This report and others have been careful to point out that it is not certain “whether bin Laden himself was privy to the videos or if they were passed around in the house.” But whoever was dealing in porn, it would fit a pattern we have seen before among jihadists like Mohammed Atta, who drank and visited strip clubs before committing mass murder in the cause of Allah, seeking the promise of paradise to those who “slay and are slain” (Qur’an 9:111).

Islamic tradition and teachings about jihad offer believers yet another moral hazard in the promise that dying in jihad obliterates one’s other sins: “The martyr is special to Allah. He is forgiven [of all sins] from the first drop of blood [that he sheds].”

Or, almost all one’s sins: “It has been reported on the authority of ‘Amr b. al-‘As that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: All the sins of a Shahid (martyr) are forgiven except debt” (Sahih Muslim 20.4649). So apparently, they need to pay up their bar tab before strapping on the suicide vest.

“Osama bin Laden Wives Interrogated,” from the Daily Beast, May 12:

So far, U.S. officials have released information about several materials the Navy SEALs found in bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, including Pepsi, Vaseline, and Avena syrup—a sexual stimulant. Today, Reuters reported that officials also found a fairly extensive and modern porn stash amidst the digital thumb drives and electronics recovered from the raid. They did not say whether bin Laden himself was privy to the videos or if they were passed around in the house. Given that the compound was not connected to the Internet or other communications networks, it’s not clear how bin Laden or his couriers would have acquired the materials. One idea is that the porn came to them through thumb drives, along with other electronic messages carried by couriers to and from the al Qaeda leader.

Aside from the dirty secrets, the thumb drives promise to out a whole new class of al Qaeda operatives. Sources say bin Laden used the drives to communicate with his terror network, meaning that active al Qaeda members could soon find themselves confronted with damning evidence. […]

Officials are still reviewing the footage from all 25 Navy SEAL helmet cameras that recorded the 40-minute raid on bin Laden’s compound, and have released new details on the videos. Bin Laden was wearing a white undershirt and tan robe when the SEALS took aim at the terror leader on the main house’s third floor landing, before he fled into his bedroom. The first SEAL followed him and pushed bin Laden’s daughters out of harm’s way. Then a second entered and was met by bin Laden’s wife, who either tried to shield her husband from his attacker or was pushed toward him. The second SEAL pushed her aside and shot bin Laden in the chest, and a third SEAL shot him in the head. Other information has been released from the al Qaeda leader’s diary—he apparently wrote that his couriers need not focus on attacking the vice president of the United States because he’s “not important,” and that Obama was their main target.…