Friday, August 01, 2003

What did the Saudis know? More than the Bushies will admit


Newsweek -- The most potentially damaging evidence of a possible Saudi connection is contained in a 28-page section of the report—labeled “Certain Sensitive National Security Matters”—that the Bush administration refused to declassify. NEWSWEEK has learned several important details included in that still-secret section. The classified part of the report draws apparent connections between high-level Saudi princes and associates of the hijackers. Especially suspicious is the role of an enigmatic Saudi named Omar al-Bayoumi. Sources tell NEWSWEEK that al-Bayoumi may have visited with a Saudi official—later accused of having terrorist ties—just before meeting the 9/11 plotters. A White House official last week refused to discuss why the administration wouldn’t declassify the Saudi section.

Censored report mentions several Saudi's who had contacts and gave money to hijackers.

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