Federal Judge Hears New Damning Evidence that Saudis Did 9/11

Sunday’s New York Post reports that two former investigators for the Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11 and the later 9/11 Commission, will likely testify in Federal Court in New York on the evidence that the government of Saudi Arabia was deeply involved in the 9/11 attacks.  According to Post reporter Paul Sperry, at a recent Federal Court hearing, plaintiffs, representing the 9/11 families and survivors, who are suing the Saudi government, reported that FBI agent Michael Jacobson and Justice Department attorney Dana Lesemann were both convinced that they had uncovered evidence of the direct Saudi involvement.  Their investigations centered on two Saudi officials, Omar al-Bayoumi and Fahad al-Themairy.  Al-Thumairy was posted to the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, where he represented the Ministry of Religious Affairs, and al-Bayoumi was an employee of Saudi civil aviation authority through the company Dallah Aviation.

For the first time at the July 30 hearing, plaintiff attorneys also revealed that key sections of the 9/11 Commission findings were removed from the final report by “senior staff.” Not only were the 28 pages of the Joint Congressional Inquiry blocked from public disclosure.  Now it turns out that key findings were blocked from even being included in the 9/11 Commission final report in the first place.  Philip Zelikow, the staff director, was widely viewed by investigators as a “mole” for the Bush Administration, who reported everything back to Condoleezza Rice and was a major obstacle throughout the Commission investigation.  Jacobson and Lesemann had both been staff members on the Joint Inquiry.

Attorney Sean Carter, representing the 9/11 families, told the Court that the two staff investigators “felt they had documented a direct link between the Saudi government and the Sept. 11 plot, based on the explosive material they had uncovered concerning the activities of Fahad al-Thumairy and Omar al-Bayoumi.”

The Federal Judge hearing the case now has between 60 and 90 days to rule on a motion by the Saudis to dismiss the case. Another plaintiff attorney, Jerry Goldman, told the Post that he expects a favorable ruling, which would mean the case proceeds to pre-trial discovery.  The Judge “wasn’t buying their spin.  The burden is on the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia] to prove we are wrong, and they didn’t do that.”