When US forces raided that Abbotabad compound and killed bin Laden, they brought back the cellphone belonging to OBL's "trusted courier." That device "contained contacts to a militant group that is a longtime asset of Pakistan's intelligence agency, senior American officials who have been briefed on the findings say." More in the New York Times.
Cellphone from bin Laden raid links al Qaeda to Pakistan's intelligence agency
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