SEVERAL CONGRESSMEN HAVE, IN PAST TIMES, PUSHED FOR THE RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT , BUT SEVERAL HAVE ALLUDED TO IT AS PROOF POSITIVE THAT SAUDI ARABIA DID BACK TERRORISTS INVOLVED IN THE 9/11 ATTACK ON AMERICA.
SAUDI ARABIA HAS THREATENED TO ATTACK AMERICA'S ECONOMY IF THESE 28 PAGES ARE RELEASED.
THE SAUDIS HAVE BEEN VERY EXPLICIT AS TO WHAT THEY WILL DO TO "BRING AMERICA DOWN" SHOULD THE WORLD BE SHOWN THOSE FEW PAGES.
DARE WE HOPE WHAT CONGRESS SAW WILL FINALLY BE RELEASED SO THE REST OF US CAN SEE THE REST OF THE STORY?
WHY HAVE THEY WITHHELD IT FOR 15 YEARS?
APRIL 15, 2016FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The Obama administration has lobbied Congress to block the bill’s passage, according to administration officials and congressional aides from both parties, and the Saudi threats have been the subject of intense discussions in recent weeks between lawmakers and officials from the State Department and the Pentagon. The officials have warned senators of diplomatic and economic fallout from the legislation.
Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, delivered the kingdom’s message personally last month during a trip to Washington, telling lawmakers that Saudi Arabia would be forced to sell up to $750 billion in treasury securities and other assets in the United States before they could be in danger of being frozen by American courts.
Several outside economists are skeptical that the Saudis will follow through, saying that such a sell-off would be difficult to execute and would end up crippling the kingdom’s economy.
But the threat is another sign of the escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United States.
Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham says Saudi Arabia’s threat to pull $750B from the U.S. economy “says something about Saudi Arabia’s involvement in 9/11.”
“I think the action by Saudi Arabia is reprehensible and also very
revealing,” Graham told the Daily News. “They are so fearful of what
would emerge if there were to be a full trial. That says something about
Saudi Arabia’s involvement in 9/11.”
“I think it’s even more objectionable that the U.S. government has been supporting Saudi Arabia and erecting roadblocks to the passage of the legislation.
Once the families can get over this barrier and actually have a jury trial on their claims, then things like the 28 pages will provide the evidence that they will need to sustain their claim that the Saudis were complicit in 911,” he said Sunday.”
Saudi officials have long denied that the kingdom had any role in the Sept. 11 plot, and the 9/11 Commission found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded the organization.”
But critics have noted that the commission’s narrow wording left open the possibility that less senior officials or parts of the Saudi government could have played a role.
Suspicions have lingered, partly because of the conclusions of a 2002 congressional inquiry into the attacks that cited some evidence that Saudi officials living in the United States at the time had a hand in the plot.
“I think it’s even more objectionable that the U.S. government has been supporting Saudi Arabia and erecting roadblocks to the passage of the legislation.
Once the families can get over this barrier and actually have a jury trial on their claims, then things like the 28 pages will provide the evidence that they will need to sustain their claim that the Saudis were complicit in 911,” he said Sunday.”
Saudi officials have long denied that the kingdom had any role in the Sept. 11 plot, and the 9/11 Commission found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded the organization.”
But critics have noted that the commission’s narrow wording left open the possibility that less senior officials or parts of the Saudi government could have played a role.
Suspicions have lingered, partly because of the conclusions of a 2002 congressional inquiry into the attacks that cited some evidence that Saudi officials living in the United States at the time had a hand in the plot.
Those conclusions, contained in 28 pages of the report, still have not been released publicly.
Families
of the Sept. 11 victims have used the courts to try to hold members of
the Saudi royal family, Saudi banks and charities liable because of what
the plaintiffs charged was Saudi financial support for terrorism.
These efforts have largely been stymied, in part because of a 1976 law that gives foreign nations some immunity from lawsuits in American courts.
These efforts have largely been stymied, in part because of a 1976 law that gives foreign nations some immunity from lawsuits in American courts.
The
Senate bill is intended to make clear that the immunity given to
foreign nations under the law should not apply in cases where nations
are found culpable for terrorist attacks that kill Americans on United
States soil.
If the bill were to pass both houses of Congress and be signed by the president, it could clear a path for the role of the Saudi government to be examined in the Sept. 11 lawsuits.
If the bill were to pass both houses of Congress and be signed by the president, it could clear a path for the role of the Saudi government to be examined in the Sept. 11 lawsuits.
In a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill on March 4, Anne W. Patterson, an assistant secretary of state, and Andrew Exum, a top Pentagon official on Middle East policy, told staff members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that American troops and civilians could be in legal jeopardy if other nations decide to retaliate and strip Americans of immunity abroad.
BS, BS, BIG PILES OF BS!!!
They also discussed the Saudi threats specifically, laying out the impacts if Saudi Arabia made good on its economic threats.
IF OTHER NATIONS DECIDE TO RETALIATE???
FOR REVEALING A TRUTH ???
WHAT DOES THAT TELL US?
WE'RE BOWING AND SCRAPING TO THOSE NATIONS AND REFUSING TO CHARGE THEM WITH AIDING IN THE MURDERS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS BASED ON WHAT THEY MIGHT DO IN RETURN?
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE?
PLENTY!
IT SHOWS WHAT SPINELESS COWARDS WE HAVE IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES!
Edwin
M. Truman, a fellow at the Peterson Institute for International
Economics, said he thought the Saudis were most likely making an “empty
threat.”
Selling hundreds of billions of dollars in American assets would not only be technically difficult to pull off, he said, but would also very likely cause global market turmoil for which the Saudis would be blamed.
Selling hundreds of billions of dollars in American assets would not only be technically difficult to pull off, he said, but would also very likely cause global market turmoil for which the Saudis would be blamed.
Moreover, he said, it could destabilize the American dollar — the currency to which the Saudi riyal is pegged.
“The only way they could punish us is by punishing themselves,” Mr. Truman said.
The
bill is an anomaly in a Congress fractured by bitter partisanship,
especially during an election year. It is sponsored by Senator John
Cornyn, Republican of Texas, and Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New
York.
It has the support of an unlikely coalition of liberal and conservative senators, including Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, and Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas.
It passed through the Judiciary Committee in January without dissent.
It has the support of an unlikely coalition of liberal and conservative senators, including Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, and Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas.
It passed through the Judiciary Committee in January without dissent.
The
alliance with Saudi Arabia has frayed in recent years as the White
House has tried to thaw ties with Iran — Saudi Arabia’s bitter enemy— in
the midst of recriminations between American and Saudi officials about
the role that both countries should play in the stability of the Middle
East.
But
the administration has supported Saudi Arabia on other fronts,
including providing the country with targeting intelligence and
logistical support for its war in Yemen.
The Saudi military is flying jets and dropping bombs it bought from the United States — part of the billions of dollars in arms deals that have been negotiated with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations during the Obama administration.
The Saudi military is flying jets and dropping bombs it bought from the United States — part of the billions of dollars in arms deals that have been negotiated with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations during the Obama administration.
The
war has been a humanitarian disaster and fueled a resurgence of Al
Qaeda in Yemen, leading to the resolution in Congress to put new
restrictions on arms deals to the kingdom.
IT'S ALSO BEEN A DISASTER FOR THE THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN KILLED BY SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AND BOMBINGS...WHICH THE U.S. HELPED THE SAUDIS TO ACCOMPLISH!
Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, one of the resolution’s sponsors and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that Congress has been “feckless” in conducting oversight of arms sales, especially those destined for Saudi Arabia."
IT'S ALSO BEEN A DISASTER FOR THE THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN KILLED BY SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AND BOMBINGS...WHICH THE U.S. HELPED THE SAUDIS TO ACCOMPLISH!
Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, one of the resolution’s sponsors and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that Congress has been “feckless” in conducting oversight of arms sales, especially those destined for Saudi Arabia."
The so-called "28 pages" are locked away in a secure basement room at the Capitol and although they can be read by members of Congress, the pages remain classified.
Related: Classified documents Contradict FBI on Post-9/11 Probe of Saudis, Ex-Senator Says
THAT IS NO SURPRISE AT ALL... THE FBI AND THE CIA BOTH FAILED MISERABLY ON PREVENTING 9/11...THEY, TOO, NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED UNTIL WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL THIS.
MEANWHILE, LET THE HOUSE OF SAUD CARRY OUT ITS THREATS, THEN LET AMERICA CUT OFF ALL EXPORTS TO SAUDI ARABIA, AND INSTEAD OF AMERICAN FOODS, LET THE HOUSE OF SAUD EAT ITS OIL AND ITS SAND.
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