United Airlines Flight 175 flies low toward the South Tower of the World Trade Center, shortly before slamming into the structure. The north tower burns after an earlier attack by a hijacked airliner in New York City, on September 11, 2001. (Reuters/Sean Adair)
Paul Sperry, New York Post: How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11
In its report on the still-censored “28 pages” implicating the Saudi government in 9/11, “60 Minutes” last weekend said the Saudi role in the attacks has been “soft-pedaled” to protect America’s delicate alliance with the oil-rich kingdom.
That’s quite an understatement.
Actually, the kingdom’s involvement was deliberately covered up at the highest levels of our government. And the coverup goes beyond locking up 28 pages of the Saudi report in a vault in the US Capitol basement. Investigations were throttled. Co-conspirators were let off the hook.
Case agents I’ve interviewed at the Joint Terrorism Task Forces in Washington and San Diego, the forward operating base for some of the Saudi hijackers, as well as detectives at the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department who also investigated several 9/11 leads, say virtually every road led back to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, as well as the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles.
Yet time and time again, they were called off from pursuing leads. A common excuse was “diplomatic immunity.”
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Update: Why Saudi Ties to 9/11 Mean U.S. Ties to 9/11 (Washingtonsblog). Hat tip to WNU reader Steven for this link.
WNU Editor: This story and the secrecy behind it is not going to go away. In the meantime threats from Saudi Arabia continue .... Saudi Arabia Threatens To Dump Their U.S. Assets If 9/11 Bill Is Passed (Update).
On a side note .... the focus on Saudi Prince Bandar and 9/11 is interesting because Prince Bandar has a history of threatening terror attacks against other countries, Russia included .... Did Saudi Arabia Threaten President Putin With A Terrorist Attack At the Sochi Olympics If Russia Continues To Support Syria?