The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released an al Qaeda job application form which they say they recovered from a thumb-drive captured during the raid on Osama Bin Laden's home in Pakistan.
The application warns applicants to keep their answers secret from one another and reassures them that only "concerned individuals" will be able to see the completed form. Many of the questions relate to family life, education, and religious piety ("How much of the holy Qur'an have you memorized? Did you study Shari'a? Who was your instructor?"). It also asks applicants to choose between science and literature as a "favorite material" and specifically asks about technical expertise in chemistry or communications. Finally, it asks who should be contacted in the event that the applicant "becomes a martyr."
Instructions to Applicants [DNI] [PDF]
Al Qaeda's Job Application Form: Do You Want to Be a Suicide Bomber? [Lee Ferran, James Gordon Meek and Ely Brown/ABC]
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