Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill

New York Times ^

[VitacoreVision]

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.

[bk1000]

I'm sure Obama will really let the Saudi's have it.

[bert]

Damn..... how could a rational person get it so wrong?

[fella]

"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."

This one sentence totally explains the corruption of western politics and media.

[bert]

Jews making trouble

[VitacoreVision]

George W. Bush had access to know Saudi Arabia’s involvement in 9/11, but did and said nothing about it.

Why?

[Bobalu]

Nullify the value of the securities and bonds in the same bill.

[VitacoreVision]

[Shane]

“Wonder if congress will do what is right, or will they begin to dance with the devil?”

Unfortunately, you know what the answer is.

[AdmSmith]

Too many people have read it so the document is practically in the public domain already.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/22982-former-senator-says-911-commission-report-implicates-saudis

Furthermore, the 9/11 Commission should have asked Fort Meade: Do you have any other info that is relevant?

[central_va]

Sell them to the Chinese....

[Alberta's Child]

I hope it’s no secret to anyone here on FreeRepublic that the U.S. government is basically a wholly-owned subsidiary of many corporate interests and foreign governments.

[HWGruene]

imam zero will never allow it. pass the bill for president Trump to sign into law.

[buckalfa]

"Wouldn't a court decision like this be a formal admission that the U.S. was on the wrong side all the way back in 1990?"

I am not a truther, but I doubt Congress would pass legislation allowing disclosure simply because of the implications that our government and elected officials have not been true defenders of America.

[HWGruene]

they better sell it off as they will be sued for it all.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It is really time to cut the cord with this despicable regime, and its repulsive Wahabbism.

[combat_boots]

ISIS is proving that the fundamentalism of the Wahabbis are now merged with the spiritual violence of the Salafists, too.

[PeterPrinciple]

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.

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from the article.

[dandiegirl]

Congress will continue to dance with the devil for their bribes and payoffs.

[Terry L Smith]

It is well nigh time, that my country, once unemcumbered by
foreign sources of anything, and birthed FROM a, ahem, kingdom, divorce itself from another kingdom, that has in fact, bloody hands in the assasination of over 3000 fellow Americans, civilians all, killed for foreign religious rites.

[JoeProBono]