Category: 9-11-2021: Twenty Years Later
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FBI tied Saudi embassy diplomat who aided 9/11 hijackers to “Saudi Sunni extremists operating inside the U.S.”
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Saudi diplomat who FBI agents have said “tasked” others with aiding two future 9/11 hijackers in Southern California was “heavily connected/linked to Saudi Sunni extremists operating inside the U.S.” -
Declassified FBI records connect the dots about Saudi government involvement in 9/11 plot
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
FBI records about Operation Encore ordered declassified by President Biden have yielded significant new information about a trio of Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs officials operating inside the U.S. who agents concluded worked to support al Qaeda and advance the 9/11 plot. -
New facts emerge as FBI discloses name of suspect it sought to indict for “key role” in helping 9/11 hijackers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Five years after the existence of the FBI’s Operation Encore was disclosed, the bureau has identified the suspect that agents wanted to charge with helping two al Qaeda hijackers shortly after their arrival in the U.S. 21 months before 9/11. -
9/11 leak motive: Saudi diplomat who FBI report says sought to aid hijackers had child porn on his computer
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A New York federal magistrate’s hunt for the leaker of a 610-page deposition transcript of a Saudi diplomat wrapped up Tuesday after two testy days of an unusual trial in which lawyers for the Saudi government grilled their opponent lawyers for the 9/11 families on the witness stand. -
Under oath, AG Barr and other top Trump officials invoked ‘state secrets privilege’ to hide FBI 9/11 report with no state secrets
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Long before last month’s release of a 2016 FBI report about Operation Encore, the bureau’s probe into possible Saudi complicity in 9/11, top Trump administration officials swore under “penalty of perjury” that information in the report was a “state secret” whose public release was likely to cause “significant harm to the national security.” -
9/11 plaintiffs move to seize $7 billion in Taliban assets in the U.S.; Justice Department ponders whether to intervene
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Taliban’s August takeover of Afghanistan has prompted 9/11 plaintiffs to ask the Federal Reserve of New York to seize that government’s assets to satisfy a $7-billion judgment assessed against the Taliban for its previous government-sponsored acts of terrorism and support for al Qaeda that resulted in “murder and mayhem” on 9/11.
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