“When all other private aircraft were grounded, George Bush gave permission for well connected Saudis to load up their jets and fly their families and friends out of the USA. Supposedly quite a few of Osama Bin Laden’s family were included in the exodus.”
IS true and was included in the 9/11 Commission report. A private jet collected the saudi royals living in FLA and Kentucky, AND the bin laden family, who were then put aboard planes in DC and escorted by military aircraft out of the country.
You are 100% correct MM. Bush counter terrorism czar, Richard Clarke, confirmed it in his interview to Vanity Fair. Colin Powell on MTP about those flights said this: “There was no sneaking out of the Country; that the flights were well known, and they were coordinated within the Government”.