FBI Releases Declassified File Of Probe Into Possible 9/11 Saudi Government Links

  • Date: 12-Sep-2021
  • Source: Huffpost
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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FBI Releases Declassified File Of Probe Into Possible 9/11 Saudi Government Links

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The document details contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the U.S. but does not provide proof that senior Saudi government officials were complicit in the plot.

Released on the 20th anniversary of the attacks, the document is the first investigative record to be disclosed since President Joe Biden ordered a declassification review of materials that for years have remained out of public view. The 16-page document is a summary of an FBI interview done in 2015 with a man who had frequent contact with Saudi nationals in the U.S. who supported the first hijackers to arrive in the country before the attacks.