[Oorang]

Right after 9/11, when ALL air traffic was grounded, there were reports of Saudi's and members of Bin Laden's family being allowed to fly around the country picking up various family members and flying back to the middle east. It sounded like they was basically the only airplanes (other than our military) that were allowed to fly. What is your take on that? Sure sounded like someone had a very large "in" with someone in our government. The whole thing struck me as odd. I have never quite understood what appears to be a strong hold the Saudi's have over American officials.

[StillProud2BeFree]

I've read those reports too. My guess, and it's just the guess of a soccer mom who happened to live in the middle east back in the 80's and who reads voraciously, is that the Bush administration figured out pretty darned quick who was behind the 9/11 attacks.

Remember how the Unabomber was caught? His brother recognized his writing. In my opinion, it's not out of the realm of possibility that one of the Bin Laden family members had one of those "Oh sh** look what Osama's done THIS time" moments and called his government, who called our government.

My guess is our government may have been somewhat concerned about retaliation against the Bin Laden families (remember, in those first hours and days no one knew what was going to happen next) but more than likely they were already placing markers to be called in. In other words, perhaps they were doing a favor here and there for the Saudi's in hopes that the Saudi's would owe them one.

Now remember - that's just me, a soccer mom computer geek. I don't have any inside knowledge. I'm not a spook, never have been, never gonna be.