this morning on "world news now," the disturbing diaries of osama bin laden. what his personal journals reveal about al qaeda, also strategies of terrorism. >> what federal agents discovered and translated after bin laden's dramatic takedown. it's thursday, may 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm peggy bunker. investigators discovered bin laden's writings on a computer flash drive seized from his compound. he also kept a handwritten journal. and we're going to look into those diaries and find out exactly who now is reading them, but some shocking revelations of his plans, he also kept sort a tally on people that he killed. very disturbing.