Pakistan announces key al Qaeda arrest 
 
 
 
 One of the key issues that al-Adel has to reckon with now is the fallout from the large quantities of sensitive information that was recovered by U.S. forces at the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where bin Laden was shot on May 2.
– Al-Qaeda has yet to name a successor to Osama bin Laden, but CNN reports that a "caretaker" leader is in place. He is identified as Saif al-Adel, an Egyptian who has been in the group's upper echelon for years. Even al-Qaeda has to worry about politics, apparently: Adel may simply be the equivalent of a test balloon to see how the group's rank-and-file reacts to the idea of someone from Egypt—as opposed to the Arabian Peninsula—taking charge. If it goes well, it could pave the way for bin Laden deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, also an Egyptian, to take permanent control. In another al-Qaeda development, the Wall Street Journal reports that Pakistani authorities arrested a mid-level operative in Karachi. It's the first such arrest since the raid on bin Laden's compound soured US-Pakistan relations. It comes a day after John Kerry visited Islamabad and promised better cooperation between the two countries, though it's unclear whether US forces took part in the arrest.