Future plans, conspiracy theory books

From strategic and theological discussions to the mundane details of domestic funding and security measures, the documents show the man behind 9/11 preoccupied with once again attacking the West in spectacular fashion.

Mindful of drone strikes taking out senior jihadist figures, Bin Laden frequently refers to security headaches and advises against communicating by email. 

He scolds his followers for gathering in large groups and frets about a microscopic bug being inserted in his wife's clothes. 

He lays out plans to groom a new cadre of leaders, and his associates discuss arrangements for smuggling Bin Laden's favorite son and likely heir, Hamza, to Pakistan.

The spy agencies also released a list of English language books and articles found in Bin Laden's compound.

The "bookshelf" of PDF files showed the Al-Qaeda leader was particularly interested in France's economy and conspiracy theories -- including those questioning accounts of the 9/11 attacks.

Intelligence officials said the texts suggested Bin Laden was possibly planning to strike at the French economy in hopes of triggering a wider collapse in the West.

Before he was killed, Bin Laden wrote of plans for an elaborate propaganda blitz to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Bin Laden warns that conflict with regimes in the Middle East would distract the extremists from hitting hard at what as far as he is concerned is the real enemy -- America.