WoT FBI 'Mistakenly' Releases 9/11 Bombshell In Court: Key Saudi Diplomat Who "Tasked" Hijackers Named

[Plain Jane]

How accidental was this?

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FBI 'Mistakenly' Releases 9/11 Bombshell In Court: Key Saudi Diplomat Who "Tasked" Hijackers Named

by Tyler Durden
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 17:45
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It's being called "a complete government cover-up of the Saudi involvement" according to 9/11 victims' families who are in a lengthy ongoing lawsuit seeking to expose Saudi involvement in the 9/11 attacks and US efforts to cover it up.
A new bombshell has been dropped which the families of victims are hailing a huge success: FBI court documents inadvertently left a key Saudi embassy official's name unredacted, revealing one of the government's most sensitive secrets regarding the September 11 attacks and state sponsorship.
A Yahoo News exclusive reveals, based on what has since been admitted as "a giant screw-up," the identity of "a mysterious Saudi Embassy official in Washington who agents suspected had directed crucial support to two of the al-Qaida hijackers."


Ironically the 'accidental' release of the information was related to filings by Attorney General William Barr and acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell to get information pertaining to the kingdom's role in the attacks permanently banned from public access, citing the usual "state secrets" and national security concerns.

The FBI mistakenly revealed the identify of a top Saudi embassy official who had continuing direct contact with individuals involved in running the Los Angeles al-Qaeda terror cell which produced some of the hijackers: his name is Mussaed Ahmed al-Jarrah.

Al-Jarrah was an official diplomat of the Saudi foreign ministry and embassy in D.C. who oversaw Ministry of Islamic Affairs employees at Saudi-funded mosques and Islamic centers throughout the US from 1999 and 2000. Crucially he's been revealed as a key "link" between the Saudi government and the Los Angeles cell, specifically two terrorists which went on to fly a plane into the Pentagon.

The Yahoo News report describes the huge significance of the Al-Jarrah revelation as follows:

Fahad al-Thumairy, a Saudi Islamic Affairs official and radical cleric who served as the imam of the King Fahd Mosque in Los Angeles and Omar al-Bayoumi, a suspected Saudi government agent who assisted two terrorists, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who participated in the hijacking of the American Airlines plane that flew into the Pentagon, killing 125.
After the two hijackers flew to Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2000, al-Bayoumi found them an apartment, lent them money and set them up with bank accounts.
A redacted copy of a three-and-a-half page October 2012 FBI “update” about the investigation stated that FBI agents had uncovered “evidence” that Thumairy and Bayoumi had been “tasked” to assist the hijackers by yet another individual whose name was blacked out, prompting lawyers for the families to refer to this person as “the third man” in what they argue is a Saudi-orchestrated conspiracy.

That "third man" is newly revealed by the FBI 'mistake' as Al-Jarrah — believed to have "tasked" intermediaries to assist some among the 9/11 hijackers.



Current and former FBI officials speaking on anonymity have said that top leaders at the bureau have sought to quash this whole investigation from the start. “There were definitely people at FBI headquarters who wanted this closed,” one former official told Yahoo.

The report continues:

Relatively little is known about Jarrah, but according to former embassy employees, he reported to the Saudi ambassador in the United States (at the time Prince Bandar), and that he was later reassigned to the Saudi missions in Malaysia and Morocco, where he is believed to have served as recently as last year.
Jarrah has been on the radar screen of the lawyers for the 9/11 families for some time and is among nine current or former Saudi officials who they suspect have important information about the case and have sought to either question them or get access to FBI documents that mention them.
The families have also tapped former agents to help investigate the activities of the potential witnesses, including Jarrah.
Jarrah “was responsible for the placement of Ministry of Islamic Affairs employees known as guides and propagators posted to the United States, including Fahad Al Thumairy,” according to a separate declaration by Catherine Hunt, a former FBI agent based in Los Angeles who has been assisting the families in the case.
Hunt conducted her own investigation into the support provided to the hijackers in Southern California. “The FBI believed that al-Jarrah was ‘supporting’ and ‘maintaining’ al-Thumairy during the 9/11 investigation,” she said in her declaration.

Hunt conducted her own investigation into the support provided to the hijackers in Southern California. “The FBI believed that al-Jarrah was ‘supporting’ and ‘maintaining’ al-Thumairy during the 9/11 investigation,” she said in her declaration.

Mussaed Ahmed al-Jarrah (left), via Gulf-based Thumbay Group.
Musaed Ahmad Al-Jarrah (pictured above left, and below), former Saudi Foreign Ministry official assigned to the Saudi embassy in Washington, DC between 1999 and 2000.

Via Saudi 24 News

spokesman for the 9/11 families whose father was killed in the attacks, Brett Eagleson, said of the Jarrah revelation that ultimately it confirms a Saudi chain of command behind 9/11 which goes direct to the Saudi embassy in D.C.

Below: Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Ambassador to the US, speaking to former President George W Bush at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas, in August 2002. An 'indirect link' between Prince Bandar and an al-Qaeda suspect is revealed in a 9/11 investigatory report. Al-Jarrah reported directly to Prince Bandar, who later became Saudi intelligence chief and kingdom's national security council head.

Via Reuters
“It demonstrates there was a hierarchy of command that’s coming from the Saudi Embassy to the Ministry of Islamic Affairs [in Los Angeles] to the hijackers,” Eagleson said.

And no doubt there's still a mountain of evidence kept secret by the US government concerning the real 9/11 story. At this point we're still surely at the mere tip of the iceberg as the official narrative continues to unravel even by the mainstream media's belated admission (whereas in prior years any critical approach to official Washington's 9/11 mythology got one dismissed as 'conspiracy theorist' and 'truther' etc..).

Given the 9/11 lawsuit driven by victims' families is nowhere near finished, it is likely to slowly chip away and wrest more damning information from the feds.

 

[Doc1]

People who trust the US government are delusional. The government keeps whatever information they wish away from we mere citizens. The Kennedy Assassination? 911? The General Flynn documents? The examples are endless. The US public needs to grow up.

Best
Doc

 

[Dozdoats]

Oh, SAY NOT SO!!!

(snark)

 

[TheSearcher]

Look!! Shiny object! Run, rabbit, run!

 

[Gadsden]

'accidental'

DJT?

 

[Dobbin]

Any connection to the Saudi Prince that Obama quickly ferried out of the country after the Patriots Day Bombing?

Is Obama Covering Up Saudi Role In Boston Bombings?

War On Terror: Could it be happening again? Could a Saudi terror cell be behind another major U.S. attack? And could the Saudi government be trying to sink the investigation?... Read More

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April 15:

Saudi college student Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi is seen near the Boston marathon finish line with two other Saudis. He's tackled after fleeing the scene of one of the bombings. Authorities question him.
April 15: FBI agents search Alharbi's apartment, leave with bags of evidence. He's described as a "person of interest" in attacks.
April 16: Secretary of State John Kerry secretly meets with the Saudi foreign minister, locking out reporters who initially were told the meeting would be open.
April 16: Saudi ambassador phones several papers and insists neither Alharbi nor any Saudi nationals are involved in the bombings. Saudi officials visit the well-connected Alharbi at a Boston hospital.
April 17: Officials clear Alharbi, who's reportedly related to al-Qaida Gitmo detainees, as a person of interest.
April 17: FBI ID from photos and videos two Mideast-looking men with bags scouting scene of bombings and circulate them among law enforcement. AP, CNN and even Boston Globe report one arrest has been made. CNN describes suspect as "dark-skinned male." Media swarm Boston courthouse for arraignment.
April 17: Obama has sudden unscheduled meeting with the Saudi foreign minister at White House.
April 17: Justice Dept. scolds CNN for arrest report. FBI cancels press conference. Courthouse bomb scare.
April 17: Terror expert Steve Emerson reports ICE has been ordered to "deport" Alharbi for "national security" reasons, out of reach of FBI questioning.
April 18: Napolitano denies Alharbi will be deported.
Did the Saudi minister request diplomatic-level immunity? Did Obama sign off on a "voluntary" departure?

(Dobbin insert: Alharbi "left" - no mention of why or how or the transition from "person of interest" to "departing foreign national.")

"The level of coincidence required for the Saudi kid Ali Alharbi to be at the Boston Marathon at the time of the bombing and near the finish line where the bombs went off is staggering," a DHS official told IBD.

Why was he there? Was he cheering on someone running in the race? We don't know, and if he's allowed to leave the country, we may never know.

No, but the FBI may inadvertently tell us...

I think they're looking for Trump's good graces. They are an arm of the Executive Branch.

Dobbin

 

[Ractivist]

Fifty years go by on Kennedy, and they seal it for another fifty years......by then the communists will support the assasination whole heartedly....that day will never come. Love to see that can of worms opened up. The people need ot know the truth, it's damning, and it should be revealed. Amaziing how they get away with murder, over and over.

 

[Ogre]

Maybe as usual I'm missing something, but why the picture of Trump with a Saudi official (prince?).

 

[Millwright]

The House of Saud has more more internal divisions, factions and intrigue than we can imagine.

Some are more US friendly than the rest...I trust none of them.

Was this leaked intentionally...OHHH Hell Yes!

I'm guessing it does a few things. WAGs on my part, but these just jump out at me.

There will be some damage to the deep state from this and what follows. Probably severe damage to the main players.

It will give the "friendlier" Saudi factions some ammo to clean house.

This also tells those who are watching that Trump now has control of the FBI.


Dunno

Hide & watch.

 

[Doomer Doug]

Doomer Doug has long thought we are dealing with multiple factions of black hats, wipth differing agendas, lined up against patriots who also have their own agendas. THERE WAS NOTHING ACCIDENTIAL ABOUT THIS INFO RELEASE AT ALL. A GROUP had an axe to grind with Saudi Arabia, for whatever reason, and took them down. The house of saud requires us support to avoid collapse, especially with the oil issue. IRAN? ISRAEL? ANTI ARAB ELEMENTS?? YEP, this is why they call it the great game.

 

[Elza]

There will be some damage to the deep state from this and what follows. Probably severe damage to the main players.

I certainly hope that you are correct. The more damage the better.

 

[Squid]

Maybe as usual I'm missing something, but why the picture of Trump with a Saudi official (prince?).

I am the media propaganda machine I always look for pics to negatively associate Trump with negative headline because studies show < 10% actually read the story.

 

[Squid]

I do not think this goes as far as proves command. Every government is filled with minions running their own programs outside the government. Guilt by association is a media playbook. A larger more controlled association may exist but would be necessary for go from off the reservation to Saudi backed.

Understand I am not saying its not there, but this is a piece but certainly not proof.

 

[SquonkHunter]

I have NEVER believed the "official story" of 9-11. Total BS. I am greatly surprised that any info at all has come out. Never expected to see it in my lifetime, if ever.

 

[Countrymouse]

Two words.

BUILDING. SEVEN.

Look it up, if you don't know / remember what I'm talking about.