US FBI accidentally discloses the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected of aiding two Al Qaeda hijackers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - report
The flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia flies in the face of a member of a US military honor guard awaiting the arrival of the Kingdom's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon in Washington, US, August 29, 2019
The mistake was made in a declaration by an FBI official in response to a lawsuit by families of 9/11 victims who say the Saudi government was involved in the attacks. Mussaed Ahmed al Jarrah was mistakenly named in the declaration. Al Jarrah was a mid-level Saudi Foreign Ministry official who was assigned to the Saudi embassy in Washington, DC in 1999 and 2000.
The authorities believe that Al Jarrah instructed two people – Fahad al Thumairy, a cleric, and Omar al Bayoumi, a suspected Saudi agent – to help two of the hijackers settle in the US in January 2000 ahead of the attacks."This shows there is a complete government cover-up of the Saudi involvement," Brett Eagleson, a spokesman for the families, told Yahoo News. "This is a giant screwup.
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