You have to fill out a formal application to join Al Qaeda. Some of the questions are surprisingly standard, such as "Address for emergency contact" and "Hobbies."
Then there's this:
What are your plans after training? ___ Train and return ___ Jihad ___Work within a group
The government will be using this document in its case against alleged 9/11 conspirator Jose Padilla.
"It's a membership application — just the way you or I would fill out an application for a credit card company,'' said Jack Cloonan, former head of the FBI's Osama bin Laden squad in New York and now an ABC News consultant, who reviewed the document. "They're no different."
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