Saying it has released every scrap of information it can about a Sarasota terrorism investigation it once hid from both Congress and the 9/11 Commission, the FBI went to court twice in the last two weeks to block any further disclosures. Among the government’s actions: asking a federal appeals court to reverse a Miami judge’s […]
Prodded by Federal Judge, FBI Finally Identifies Sarasota Saudis by Name in Court…
Six years after news broke that the FBI found ties between 9/11 hijackers and a Saudi family who’d moved abruptly out of their Sarasota home two weeks before the terrorist attacks – and didn’t tell Congress – the FBI has identified the family publicly. The disclosure is in a partially declassified Memorandum for the Record […]
‘Penttbomb 2.0’ and the FBI’s Brush-Off of Reports Alleging 9/11 Ties to Saudi Arabia…
FBI officials who briefed the 9/11 Review Commission on the bureau’s sprawling 9/11 investigation code-named PENTTBOMB steered the discussion away from Saudi Arabia by repeatedly disavowing or downplaying reports by agents alleging terrorist ties to the kingdom. The FBI’s stance is similar to its repudiation before the commission of a startling April 2002 FBI report…
As Trial Date Draws Near, FBI Releases More Details about Secretive 9/11 Review Commission…
In moves aimed at heading off an unusual Freedom of Information Act trial in Miami next month, the FBI has released new information about the secretive work of its 9/11 Review Commission. In one disclosure, the FBI made public how much it paid Reagan-era Attorney General Edwin Meese and two other men who served on […]
Lawsuit Disputes 9-11 Review Commission Effort to Discredit Sensational FBI Report…
The lesser-known FBI 9/11 Review Commission was established a decade later to conduct an “external review” of the FBI’s performance…