Washington (CNN) -- The initial review of the materials confiscated from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan has found mostly "aspirational" planning but has yielded "real intelligence," according to a U.S. official. The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said it is still very early in the review, and there are still a lot of data to sort through to determine whether there are any concrete plots. The special task force set up to examine the data has two initial goals, according to the official: check to see whether there are any imminent threats against the U.S. and find leads to other terrorists or plots.
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Initial review of materials taken from compound has found mostly "aspirational" planning
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Special task force checking for immediate threats to U.S., leads to other terrorists or plots
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Official says intelligence experts hope to gain insights into how al Qaeda operated
The senior official said the U.S. believes that the bin Laden compound was in effect a command and control center for al Qaeda because the confiscated materials "clearly show that bin Laden remained an active leader in @placeholder, providing strategic, operational and tactical instructions to the group.