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Congress releases secret '28 pages' on alleged Saudi 9/11 ties
Washington (CNN)A long-classified U.S. report released Friday found that some of the 9/11 hijackers were in contact with and received support from individuals likely connected to the Saudi government.
Known as the "28 pages," the secret document was part of a 2002 Congressional Joint Inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks and has been classified since the report's completion, despite repeated calls for its release. The document, which the administration finally delivered to Congress earlier Friday, actually contains 29 pages of material, plus a letter from then-CIA Director George Tenet.
"While in the United States, some of the September 11 hijackers were in contact with, and received support or assistance from, individuals who may be connected to the Saudi Government," the document says.
The pages also say that the inquiry obtained information "indicating that Saudi Government officials in the United States may have other ties to al-Qa'ida and other terrorist groups," but the commission that authored the document acknowledged that much of the info "remains speculative and yet to be independently verified."
Saudi Ambassador to the United States Abdullah Al-Saud put out a statement after the document's release Friday welcoming its publication, though he didn't address the details it contains.
"Several government agencies, including the CIA and the FBI, have investigated the contents of the '28 Pages' and have confirmed that neither the Saudi government, nor senior Saudi officials, nor any person acting on behalf of the Saudi government provided any support or encouragement for these attacks," he said. "We hope the release of these pages will clear up, once and for all, any lingering questions or suspicions about Saudi Arabia's actions, intentions, or long-term friendship with the United States." "It should be clear that this Joint Inquiry has made no final determinations as to the reliability or sufficiency of the information," the report says.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/congress-releases-28-pages-saudis-9-11/
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Oh boy, I'm already seeing reddit comments such as 'i'm a pacifist but it would be justified to invade Saudi Arabia, if we go to war with them I'll enlist', with a positive score of course.
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international scene getting lively
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So why were they classified at all?
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I doubt they could release these papers in a better time.
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On July 16 2016 22:21 Dan HH wrote: Oh boy, I'm already seeing reddit comments such as 'i'm a pacifist but it would be justified to invade Saudi Arabia, if we go to war with them I'll enlist', with a positive score of course. We should and I'll build a giant robot to fight in the war and learn karate. I said it on the internet, so it must be true and I'm going to follow through.
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According to the report, at least $15,000 went directly from Prince Bandar’s bank account in Washington to the family of a Saudi expatriate, suspected of being a Saudi government spy, who organized a support network in California for two of the 9/11 hijackers while they were living in San Diego in the year before the attacks.
The report also reveals that a phone log maintained by Abu Zubaydah, a senior al-Qaida operative captured in 2002 in Pakistan, included the unlisted phone number for a Colorado company that managed affairs at Prince Bandar’s home in the mountain resort city of Aspen, as well as the phone number for a bodyguard who worked under Bandar at the Saudi embassy in Washington.
It had previously been reported that Bandar’s wife, Princess Haifa bin Sultan, who was born into royalty like her husband, had paid out tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of the same Saudi expatriate in California, Osama Basnan.
For the first time in the public record, the 28 pages identify exactly how much money went from Princess Haifa to Basnan’s family: $74,000 in cashier’s checks from February 1999 to May 2002.
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i don't believe the USA government's conspiracy theory.... so i like this line "It should be clear that this Joint Inquiry has made no final determinations as to the reliability or sufficiency of the information,"
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what is this? International news party or something
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On July 17 2016 01:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i don't believe the USA government's conspiracy theory.... so i like this line "It should be clear that this Joint Inquiry has made no final determinations as to the reliability or sufficiency of the information," I dont believe the US government did it but I believe there were explosives planted all over WTC and building 7.
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On July 17 2016 03:39 NukeD wrote:Show nested quote +On July 17 2016 01:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i don't believe the USA government's conspiracy theory.... so i like this line "It should be clear that this Joint Inquiry has made no final determinations as to the reliability or sufficiency of the information," I dont believe the US government did it but I believe there were explosives planted all over WTC and building 7. It's been many years since I last heard anything like this, can't believe it's still a thing.
http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861610
Which part of the explanation is it you don't believe?
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On July 17 2016 03:50 Dan HH wrote:Show nested quote +On July 17 2016 03:39 NukeD wrote:On July 17 2016 01:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i don't believe the USA government's conspiracy theory.... so i like this line "It should be clear that this Joint Inquiry has made no final determinations as to the reliability or sufficiency of the information," I dont believe the US government did it but I believe there were explosives planted all over WTC and building 7. It's been many years since I last heard anything like this, can't believe it's still a thing. http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861610Which part of the explanation is it you don't believe? The whole thing.
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Ah conspiracy theorists. It's all lies except the truth they want to believe.
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On July 17 2016 04:05 Plansix wrote: Ah conspiracy theorists. It's all lies except the truth they want to believe. Well it comes down to that, yes.
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So when the Saudi Government has been donating to the Clinton Foundation...
Awkward...?
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51324 Posts
So from someone who hasn't really looked into the "who did it", if the US think it was Saudi Arabia, why did Saudi Arabia do this? What did they gain from, what was the motive? I'd love an article if anyone has one as i am very interested, was such a horrible event and i'll never forget it for the rest of my life.
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I didn't understand it as Saudi Arabia did it, but rather that Saudi Arabia promotes and funds a view on Islam that ultimately ends up promoting this kind of attacks.
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On July 17 2016 03:39 NukeD wrote:Show nested quote +On July 17 2016 01:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i don't believe the USA government's conspiracy theory.... so i like this line "It should be clear that this Joint Inquiry has made no final determinations as to the reliability or sufficiency of the information," I dont believe the US government did it but I believe there were explosives planted all over WTC and building 7.
i think u misread my comment. the US Government proposed a conspiracy theory. i disagree with their proposed theory... and it appears that they themselves are unwilling to fully back it up. its like a giant episode of Seinfeld.
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On July 17 2016 04:19 GGTeMpLaR wrote: So when the Saudi Government has been donating to the Clinton Foundation...
Awkward...? Not really, it's hardly a monolith. There are a great many individual actors within the Saudi government and royal family who have their own beliefs and motivations. I mean hell, it's a nation, money goes in thousands of directions for thousands of reasons.
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