Reply #74: Gadhafi regime's long-held secrets opening to view

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Files in the military intelligence headquarters are open

• It's not clear what "erasing" people means

• A group of lawyers is sifting through the documents at Abu Salim Prison

From Dan Rivers and Arwa Damon, CNN

September 2, 2011 6:58 a.m. EDT


Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- The hurried exit from power by Moammar Gadhafi and his supporters has left a vast trove of documents that, after decades of being hidden from public view, are now open to the bereaved, the angry and the curious.


Until last week, only a privileged few could enter the complex of buildings in Tripoli where military intelligence was based. One building was turned into rubble by a NATO airstrike, but others remain intact. In one, shredded papers covered the floor on Wednesday, but file cabinets still held plenty of legible files limning the practices of Gadhafi's police state.


Even the language is opaque. Some files allude to "erasing" people from the intelligence database, but it is not clear whether that means simply removing their names from the computer or something more sinister.


The richly appointed offices belonging to Abdullah al-Senussi represent the inner sanctum. He is the brother-in-law of Gadhafi and head of intelligence whose arrest has been sought by the International Criminal Court at The Hague for crimes against humanity.


Here, files describe in detail the lives of hundreds of people, including how much money they have, who are their friends.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/01/libya.intelligence/index.html?hpt=wo_c1