A Wall Street Journal reporter

A Wall Street Journal reporter has bought a couple of second hand PCs -- a desktop and a Compaq notebook -- for $1,100. The interesting part is that the transaction took place in Kabul, and the systems had been looted from offices used by al Qaeda. The Journal says: "US officials confirm the authenticity of the files, most protected by passwords, and say they provide a trove of information about the inner workings of the secretive organization." The story is here but the WSJ is only available to paying subscribers.