Category: 9/11
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9/11: Split court rules privacy of suspects, FBI agents outweighs public interest in knowing
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A split federal appeals court largely denied Florida Bulldog’s effort to compel the FBI to open up additional files about 9/11 after concluding that the public interest in knowing what happened is outweighed by the privacy interests of suspects, witnesses and FBI investigators. -
Declassified, but not public. Miami judge asked to release key 9/11 name
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
An attorney for Florida Bulldog filed court papers this week asking a Miami federal judge to make public “one critical piece of information” – the name of the person who tasked two Saudis living in Southern California with assisting the 9/11 suicide hijackers. -
Justice Dept. won’t cite state secrets to hide identity of person who ‘tasked’ Saudis to aid 9/11 hijackers, but Barr withholds rest of hidden info in 2012 report
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Justice Department declined to cite state secrets to hide the identity of the person who ‘tasked’ Saudis to aid two 9/11 hijackers, but Attorney General William Barr did assert the legal privilege to withhold other censored information in a a 2012 FBI report. -
Long hidden 9/11 Commission interview with Saudi Prince Bandar released; Intel chief Prince Turki’s withheld
By Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
FloridaBulldog.org
“In Saudi Arabia they chose not to see these radical fundamentalists….We allow them to flourish, and have no reason to believe that their way of life would do anyone harm.” – Prince Bandar bin Sultan. -
U.S. Attorney General to decide whether a key name in 9/11 case is a ‘state secret’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has until Friday to decide whether to take the unusual step of asserting a “state secrets privilege” to conceal who tasked a pair of Saudis living in Southern California with helping two 9/11 hijackers. -
U.S. judge orders release of FBI records in Sarasota probe that may tie Saudi royals to 9/11 hijackers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A federal judge has ruled the FBI unlawfully withheld from the Florida Bulldog key sections of records of its investigation of a Saudi family that fled Sarasota two weeks before the 9/11 attacks – leaving behind cars, clothes, furniture, food and other belongings.
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