| New testimony emerges that the Bush administration covered up connections between the Saudi government and the 9/11 hijackers. |
| Two of the Sept 11 hijackers had a support network in the United States that included agents of the Saudi government, and the Bush administration and FBI blocked a congressional investigation into that relationship, Sen. Bob Graham wrote in a book to be released Tuesday [9/7/04]. The discovery of the financial backing of the two hijackers "would draw a direct line between the terrorists and the government of Saudi Arabia, and trigger an attempted coverup by the Bush administration," the Florida Democrat wrote. [H]e makes clear that some details of that financial support from Saudi Arabia were in the 27 pages of the congressional inquiry's final report that were blocked from release by the administration, despite the pleas of leaders of both parties on the House and Senate intelligence committees. Mr. Graham wrote that the staff of the congressional inquiry concluded that two Saudis in the San Diego area…who gave significant financial support to two hijackers, were working for the Saudi government. When the staff tried to conduct interviews in that investigation and with an FBI informant…who also helped the eventual hijackers, they were blocked by the FBI and the administration, Mr. Graham wrote. Source: "Senator: Saudis' 9-11 link suppressed" - Dallas Morning News - 9/5/04 by Frank Davies - Knight Ridder newspapers |
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