Category: 9/11
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FBI agent sought CIA help to investigate Sarasota Saudis who fled U.S. before 9/11
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The FBI agent who led the post 9/11 investigation of Saudis who moved out of their Sarasota-area home under suspicious circumstances two weeks before the 2001 al Qaeda attacks urged the FBI to seek information from the CIA about whether they assisted the terrorist hijackers. -
Barr, Grenell block 9/11 families access to evidence with broad, ‘unprecedented’ claims of secrecy
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Attorney General William Barr and Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell broadly invoked the state secrets privilege this week to block 9/11 survivors and family members from obtaining crucial evidence to support their multi-billion dollar damages lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. -
FBI seeks to hide its legal arguments in 9/11 case as Senators ask Justice’s IG to investigate ‘abnormalities’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The U.S. is asking a federal judge to allow it to file secret legal arguments in the mammoth New York lawsuit against Saudi Arabia brought by 9/11 families and survivors. -
Lawyers tell federal judge that Saudi ‘agents’ are intimidating 9/11 witnesses
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Witnesses with “personal and relevant” knowledge about 9/11 have told lawyers and investigators representing thousands of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington that they are afraid to testify against Saudi Arabia. -
Attorney: 9/11 secrets were motive for murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Why was Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi murdered? Speculation about the motive for Khashoggi’s assassination inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul has centered on his outspoken criticism of the Saudi government in opinion pieces published in the Post. Now, a new potential motive is in play. -
9/11: Split court rules privacy of suspects, FBI agents outweighs public interest in knowing
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A split federal appeals court largely denied Florida Bulldog’s effort to compel the FBI to open up additional files about 9/11 after concluding that the public interest in knowing what happened is outweighed by the privacy interests of suspects, witnesses and FBI investigators.
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