It’s impossible to say whether

It’s impossible to say whether any or all of this is true, but the Washington Times reports on an allegation that the Justice Department “stole” software called PROMIS from a company named Inslaw; Robert Hanssen then sold it to the Russians; and Osama bin Laden bought it on the Russian black market. Among other things, the software ostensibly would have allowed bin Laden to track efforts to locate him, as well as to monitor electronic banking transactions and access databases on potential targets. Fascinating stuff.