Al Qaeda's 'future works' found encoded in porn
Hundreds of documents were discovered by German cryptologists embedded inside a pornographic movie on a memory disk belonging to a suspected al Qaeda operative arrested in Berlin last year. Details of the documents were obtained by CNN and reveal an inside track on some of the terror group's most audacious plots and a road map for future operations.
Future plots include the idea of seizing cruise ships and carrying out attacks in Europe similar to the gun attacks by Pakistani militants that paralyzed the Indian city of Mumbai in November 2008. Ten gunmen killed 164 people in that three-day rampage. Read the full story
Part of the treasure trove of al Qaeda documents also includes an analysis from al Qaeda's most capable planners, Rashid Rauf. The document - meant for al Qaeda's senior leadership - shows he was intimately involved in planning the devastating attack on the London transport system in 2005, and tells the inside story of the planning for that attack and another that failed just weeks later. Read the full story
Other revelations: The origins of the liquid bombing plot. The conspiracy was broken up on August 9, 2006, two weeks before the plot to bring down planes using liquid explosives was set to be launched. And ever since it was uncovered, the world's airline passengers have been restricted in the liquids they can carry on board. Read the full story
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