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| FBI got Saudis out of US after 9/11 |
| 2005-03-28 |
| The FBI played an active role in arranging chartered flights for dozens of well-connected Saudi nationals - including relatives of Usama bin Ladin - after 9/11, The New York Times has reported. The newspaper on Sunday, citing official documents, reported that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation gave personal airport escorts to two prominent Saudi families who fled the United States, while several other Saudis were allowed to leave the country without first being interviewed. The Saudi families, in Los Angeles and Orlando, had requested the FBI escorts out of concern for their personal safety in the wake of the attacks. The documents were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Justice Department by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, which provided copies to the Times. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 More breaking news from the NY Times.....John Kerry seeks the 2004 Democrat nomination for President! |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-03-28 10:27:56 AM |
| #5 It was our dear friend, Richard Clarke, who now admits authorizing the hurried departure of the Soddies. This revelation came in a closed congressional hearing approx six months after his bs testimony at the 911 hearings. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-03-28 9:09:32 AM |
| #4 So, seems like the Saudis knew right away who was responsible for things if they wanted out. Funny how I didn't hear about Egyptians or Jordanians getting special flights out. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-03-28 9:03:46 AM |
| #3 TW, On the Bay Area News (SF) they said these were additional flights that left after U.S. Airspace reopened. I looked hard to seee where the story was but they made sure to mention Mike Moore and his conspiracy theory. IMO there is nothing here, but it sure will add to the bonfire of conspiracy over at DU. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-03-28 7:34:09 AM |
| #2 Article: One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, when queried by the Times about the airport escorts said "we'd do that for anybody if they felt they were threatened - we wouldn't characterise that as special treatment". No real surprise here - it's the American way, despite what foreigners might think about those supposedly racist Americans. In places like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, locals can murder foreigners with impunity without incurring major penalties. In the US, it's a ticket to a life sentence or the death penalty (except in certain blue states in the Northeast). This is why pogroms don't occur (much) here, because the government takes active measures against them. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-03-28 7:32:12 AM |
| #1 This is the newspaper of record?!? Good Lord, whatsisname Clarke admitted -- going on two years ago now -- that he authorized the individuals and the flights, not the White House nor anybody else. The FBI would have been responding to his direction, nicht wahr? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-03-28 2:17:29 AM |