Posted on 05/13/2016 8:03:49 PM PDT by B4Ranch
“There was an awful lot of participation by Saudi individuals in supporting the hijackers, and some of those people worked in the Saudi government,” Lehman said in an interview, suggesting that the commission may have made a mistake by not stating that explicitly in its final report. “Our report should never have been read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia.”
He was critical of a statement released late last month by the former chairman and vice-chairman of the commission, who urged the Obama administration to be cautious about releasing the full congressional report on the Saudis and 9/11 – “the 28 pages”, as they are widely known in Washington – because they contained “raw, unvetted” material that might smear innocent people.
The 9/11 commission chairman, former Republican governor Tom Kean of New Jersey, and vice-chairman, former Democratic congressman Lee Hamilton of Indiana, praised Saudi Arabia as, overall, “an ally of the United States in combatting terrorism” and said the commission’s investigation, which came after the congressional report was written, had identified only one Saudi government official – a former diplomat in the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles – as being “implicated in the 9/11 plot investigation”.
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Lehman has support among some of the other commissioners, although none have spoken out so bluntly in criticizing the Saudis. A Democratic commissioner, former congressman Tim Roemer of Indiana, said he wants the congressional report released to end some of the wild speculation about what is in the 28 pages and to see if parts of the inquiry should be reopened. When it comes to the Saudis, he said, “we still haven’t gotten to the bottom of what happened on 9/11”.
So exactly where does this leave the Booschs?
Just make the saudis REBUILD the twin towers EXACTLY the way they were.
Of course Saudi was responsible.
I’ve read that their mosques all across the U.S teach hatred of Americans.
One of the higher-ups in Al Qaeda had a Saudi prince’s telephone number when he was captured. Three Saudi princes died mysteriously shortly after 9/11. Did anyone really need this report?
“Just make the saudis REBUILD the twin towers EXACTLY the way they were.”
Can’t replace the lives lost. The lives are more important than a couple of buildings.
Trump right again! Worse, he’s 100% right about GWB screwing us. BTW, Hillary’s taken between 200 and 300 millions from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Nice! I was looking for that. They should get a room.
Interesting. Can’t find a “commemts section”.
Sanctions or air strikes.. Take your pick
When I saw that gorelick was on the commission instead of being investigated by the commission I knew it was a farce
Disgusting.
Only thing worse would be bowing.
I can accept that these Saudi officials were acting on their own motivations and were not following Saudi national policy...... as soon as the Saudi government sends them to America to face the death penalty. Of publically beheads every named official.
Until then, it was Saudi national policy to me.
Nuke Riyadh and Mecca.
The world will thank us.
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“When I saw that gorelick was on the commission instead of being investigated by the commission I knew it was a farce”
Hey, be cool. She investigated herself and found she did nothing wrong.
That’s precisely the impression I had as well.
Both?
no, there’s worse than that even that I deliberately didn’t post... you can look up “Bush kissing Saudi” to see them
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