Tag: Dick Cheney
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Saudi Arabia: Our ally or our ‘perfidious ally’? Calls for a new 9/11 investigation to find out
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The 9/11 Commission, whose job was to provide the American public with “a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks,” went out of business nearly two decades ago, on Aug. 21, 2004. Since then, the public has learned much more about what happened. -
Queried on Saudi role in 9/11, Bush dodged questions and turned his back on a commission member
By Robbyn Swan
FloridaBulldog.org< A carefully choreographed 2004 meeting between President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and 9/11 Commission members left critical questions about the attack unresolved and further muddied the historical record, an analysis by the Bulldog shows. > -
U.S. coughs up 9/11 Commission report on 2004 private meeting with Bush/Cheney; Bush saw no reason to pursue accountability for failures
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Part 1 – Nearly two decades after President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney answered questions for the 9/11 Commission in a closed gathering in the Oval Office, a 31-page “summary” of what they had to say finally has been made public. -
Former Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar refuses to testify about what he knows of 9/11
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
During his 22 years as Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat in Washington, His Royal Highness Prince Bandar bin Sultan was a powerful influencer in the U.S., dealing with five presidents, 10 secretaries of state, 11 national security advisors and 16 sessions of Congress. He was close enough to both Presidents Bush that he earned the nickname Bandar Bush. -
FBI probe of tie between Saudi ambassador, al Qaeda leader put on ice
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The FBI now appears never to have restarted a suspended 2002 investigation into why a captured al Qaeda leader possessed the unlisted phone number of an offshore company tied to Saudi Arabia’s U.S. ambassador, Prince Bandar bin Sultan. -
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A stonewall of secrecy hides many 9-11 records on 14th anniversary of terrorist attacks
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Seven weeks after the end of the massive cleanup at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan in 2002, a legal investigator for the families of 9/11 victims requested a copy of an arrest warrant issued by Interpol for fugitive al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The Justice Department replied that she’d first need bin Laden to sign a privacy waiver.
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