Saudi Arabia really might have funded 9/11

[Orphia Nay]

On the subject of the Saudis and 9/11, one thing that bothers me is the myth that members of the royal family, the bin Laden family, and other well-connected Saudis were allowed to leave the US "when all other flights were grounded."

In reality there was one flight with some princes that took off on September 13 AFTER the 48-hour nationwide ban on air traffic (other than US military aircraft) was lifted. The other flights were in the days and week or two after that.
The al-Saud and bin Laden families are rich and well-connected, and they were obviously terrified of all of the atmosphere in the immediate aftermath of the attacks after it emerged that Osama bin Laden was behind them and that most of the hijackers were Saudi nationals. That's why, with the help of the Saudi Embassy in Washington and the authorization of the US government, they wanted and were able to get out of the US as soon as they could after 9/11. None of this means that they had anything to do with the attacks, even if a lot of Saudi money has gone indirectly to al-Qaeda or that there were many "fellow travelers" in the Kingdom at the time.

Interesting. What's the source for that?

 

[Axxman300]

Interesting. What's the source for that?

It's old news.

FBI got Saudis out of US after 9/11

The FBI played an active role in arranging chartered flights for dozens of well-connected Saudi nationals – including relatives of Usama bin Ladin – after 9/11, The New York Times has reported.

www.aljazeera.com

Oh, and the current administration will try to kill any anti-Saudi legal moves. So the beat goes on.

 

[Allen773]

Speaking for the first time, one of the detectives who interrogated Bayoumi says he did “everything he could” to have the Saudi extradited to America — but was turned down by the US authorities. “I still think about it, and I am shocked to this day,” he says.

Detective Constable David Campbell, now in his late fifties and retired, says the case “stank to high heaven”, adding: “I would have taken Bayoumi to the cleaners on those pieces of evidence.”

During the week, Bayoumi reportedly received regular visits from senior Saudi officials based at the Saudi embassy in London. And during his interviews he appeared to prefer the advice of the Saudi embassy over the counsel of his legal representative in the room.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/b5cb4d40-9960-4bf7-a1b7-2aaa3417927c

Meanwhile:

In most circumstances, foreign governments are protected from civil lawsuits under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. But in a 45-page opinion, Judge George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York ruled that Saudi Arabia could still be sued because of an exception in the 2016 law Congress passed to enable such Sept. 11 suits against the kingdom, called the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.

While the judge’s ruling did not directly address Saudi Arabia’s potential culpability, he did find it “more likely than not” that there was “some connection” between the employment of Mr. al-Bayoumi by Saudi Arabia and the assistance he and another man allegedly provided to the hijackers in finding an apartment and making introductions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/saudi-arabia-lawsuit-9-11-families.html

 

[Orphia Nay]

https://www.thetimes.com/article/b5cb4d40-9960-4bf7-a1b7-2aaa3417927c

Meanwhile:



https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/saudi-arabia-lawsuit-9-11-families.html

Both paywalled. Remind me, who was Al-Bayoumi again, and why is information coming out now?

 

[Brainster]

Both paywalled. Remind me, who was Al-Bayoumi again, and why is information coming out now?

A Saudi national who assisted Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar (the first two hijackers to arrive in the US) by getting them an apartment and setting them up with bank accounts. His story sounds extremely suspicious. Supposedly he overheard them talking in a San Diego restaurant and introduced himself; a few days later he advanced them a check to pay their first month's rent and security deposit. Suspicious, but not conclusive enough. However at some point recently it was discovered that he had a drawing and some formulas relating to flying a plane towards a target on the horizon. This drawing was apparently known to the FBI but not told to the (UK) police detectives who interrogated him. Given that Hazmi and Mihdhar were on board the plane that crashed into the Pentagon, the sketch screams foreknowledge.

 

[Axxman300]

Tucker Carlson is jumping in with both feet on this one:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1970458136327729382