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Who let bin Ladens leave U.S.? By Alexander Bolton
Who let bin Ladens leave U.S.? By Alexander Bolton
The Bush administration has refused to answer repeated requests from the Sept. 11 commission about who authorized flights of Saudi Arabian citizens, including members of Osama bin Laden’s family, from the United States immediately after the attacks of 2001. Former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.), vice chairman of the independent, bipartisan commission, disclosed the administration’s refusal to answer questions on the sensitive subject during a recent closed-door meeting with a group of Democratic senators, according to several Democratic sources.
However, former Navy Secretary John Lehman, a Republican appointee who also attended the meeting, said in an e-mail to The Hill that he told the senators the White House has been fully cooperative.
Democrats suspect President Bush, who met privately with the Saudi Arabian ambassador, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, on the morning of Sept. 13, 2001, may have personally authorized the controversial flights, several of which took place when all other U.S. commercial air travel had been halted.
The White House communications office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Of course it was Bush, the arab’s literal hand-holder. As Truman said, “The buck stops (t)here.”
You are absolutely right. Planeloads of Saudi Arabians left from Boston, including members of Osama’s family who lived on the water near the airport. That probably happened in many other cities as well.
I have a professor friend who was teaching a couple of classes filled with Saudi students. Those students never came back to class after 9/11.
The Bush family is pure trash to me. SR. goes to my favorite sport parachute club to USE SF NCO’s for his free tandem “punk” jump. Yes, I despise the Bush family.