Al-Saud’s hand under Biden axe.
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, which targeted the heart of the United States and killed nearly 3,000 people, the spell of this case seems to be breaking.
One of the promises made by incumbent President Joe Biden during his election campaign was a commitment to transparency, prompting the families of 9/11 victims to call for a two-decade investigation by US security services into the incident, albeit delayed.
President Biden has ordered the Justice Department to reconsider declassifying documents related to the 9/11 attacks and making them public. Of the Saudi dollars, it was overlooked.
“When I became president, I pledged to be transparent about declassifying the 9/11 terrorist attacks,” the president said in a statement. “As we approach the twentieth anniversary of these tragic attacks, I am proud to live up to this commitment.”
According to Reuters, the decree obliges US Attorney General Merrick Garband to release the documents of the incident within the next six months, based on a review of the declassification of documents related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Last Thursday, the families of 9/11 victims wrote a letter to the US government asking them to investigate the possibility of the FBI lying and hiding or destroying evidence of Saudi involvement in the attacks and hijackings.
In the letter, they wrote to Michelle Horowitz, the Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice, that one or more federal police officers may have committed intentional violations with the intent to destroy evidence or prevent it from being made public.
CNN also reported that the country’s director of national intelligence had personally intervened in the Saudi Crown Prince’s complaint against a former Riyadh intelligence official to prevent the release of sensitive information.
Saudi Arabia claims no role in the hijacking of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.
The families and relatives of the victims have repeatedly called for more information about the FBI’s investigation into the 9/11 perpetrators over the past two decades.
Last month, many families of 9/11 victims asked Joe Biden to release documents that they believe Saudi leaders were involved in supporting the attacks, or to refrain from attending memorial services for the victims.
Three days after the request, the US Department of Justice announced in a court hearing that it intended to reconsider its previous reasons why it could not declassify the documents.
Biden, who is scheduled to attend 9/11 memorial services next week, said in a statement that he welcomed the requests and efforts of the families of 9/11 victims and promised to pave the way for further progress in the investigation.
The Americans have repeatedly stated that there are numerous reports that Saudi leaders assisted the al-Qaeda terrorist network in carrying out the 9/11 attacks.
The families of 9/11 victims in the United States have repeatedly called on the US National Intelligence Agency in recent years to declassify and investigate documents and investigations into the attacks and the role of the Saudis in it, something that has not happened so far. , But it is possible that the new command should open pages of it.
Pressure from the families of 9/11 victims in recent months began with a report by Saudi officials on the murder of Saudi-American journalist Jamal Khashgechi at the Riyadh consulate in Istanbul; The families said the release of the report, three years after the murder, while he (Khashoggi) was an American citizen, was in stark contrast to today and tomorrow in a case in which 3,000 Americans were killed. Thousands more were injured.
