What Exactly is Washington Hiding in Classified 9/11 Commission Report? --- that radical muzzies attacked the US because of it's support of israel and that Saudi Arabia and israel knew about the plans to attack America.
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 6:45:17 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160423/1038506439/us-september11-classified-report.html?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FxVQtkhpmhn&utm_medium=short_url&utm_content=bf3q&utm_campaign=URL_shortening > What Exactly is Washington Hiding in Classified 9/11 Commission Report? > > [image: President Barack Obama and new Saudi Arabian King, Salman bin > Abdul Aziz, are photographed as they shake hands in a bilateral meeting at > Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015] > > © AP Photo/ Carolyn Kaster > > *Blackmailed? Obama Enjoys Saudi King’s ‘Hospitality’ Amid New 9/11 Proof > <http:///middleeast/20160421/1038409419/blackmail-obama-salman-saudi-911.html>* > > The unwillingness of the US to declassify the infamous 28-page report > related to the 9/11 attacks as well as Saudi Arabia's panic over the > possibility to be held responsible for the tragedy prompt justified > suspicions. > > The US Senate bill S.2040 > <https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2040/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Justice+Against+Sponsors+Terrorism+Act%22%5D%7D&resultIndex=1> > > entitled 'Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act' was introduced > on September 16, 2015. If passed by the Congress, the legislation would > deprive Saudi Arabia royals of the so-called "sovereign immunity" in the > 9/11 case and make public the 28-page joint congressional inquiry. > > In response, the Saudis claimed that they would sell an estimated $750 > billion in assets under the pretext that Washington may freeze them if the > legislation became law. The move would have dealt a significant blow > to the US economy > <http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160419/1038283153/us-saudi-arabia-bill-congress.html> > . > > *However, President Obama and US lawmakers have unanimously decided that > some unpleasant truths hidden in the report should remain shrouded > in secrecy and the bill should not come into force.* > > [image: US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Saudi Foreign Minister > Adel al-Jubeir shake hands after speaking to the media together at King > Salman Regional Air Base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 23, 2016.] > > © REUTERS/ Jacquelyn Martin/Pool > > *Riyadh's Blackmail: Is Washington Afraid of Saudi Threats to Dump Dollar? > <http:///politics/20160419/1038283153/us-saudi-arabia-bill-congress.html>* > > Commenting on President Obama's unwillingness to declassify the inquiry, > Christopher A. Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy > studies at the Cato Institute, recalls that the Bush administration had > already redacted the report. > > "The Bush administration redacted the pages before release — allegedly > 'for reasons of national security' — and its successor has so far concurred > with this decision," he writes in his article > <http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/why-cover-saudi-arabia-15896> > for The National Interest. > > He points to the fact that former Florida Senator Bob Graham and former > Congressman and CIA veteran Porter Goss have repeatedly called for the > document to be released for the public. > > *"We can therefore speculate that the blacked-out pages are not concealing > sensitive sources and methods, otherwise Goss wouldn't favor their > release," Preble believes.* > > [image: In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, the twin towers of the World > Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York.] > > © AP Photo/ Marty Lederhandler > > *Vowing Veto: Will Obama Concede to Saudi Blackmail on 9/11? > <http:///middleeast/20160419/1038285651/obama-saudi-911-terror-blackmail.html>* > > According to the US scholar there is a broader problem: namely, > Washington's complicity with undemocratic and brutal leaders that would be > revealed in the spotlight by the 28-page report. > > "There is a rather long-running tradition of US presidents engaging > in subterfuge, misdirection and/or outright deception about such matters. > And some of these associations with undemocratic, shady and/or brutal > leaders might have been justifiable under the circumstances," Preble > stresses. > > Emma Ashford of the Cato Institute echoes Preble's stance > <http://www.cato.org/blog/domestic-developments-us-saudi-relations>: > according to Ashford, the document hardly contains any explosive > information; furthermore some of the purported revelations are, in fact, > already known to the public. > > © RIA Novosti. > > *Remembering 9/11* > > *She refers to the fact that "it has been long known that Saudi Arabia has > had a hand in the spread, through schools and philanthropic endeavors, of a > certain kind of extremist Islamic philosophy often described as Wahhabism."* > > Ashford also notes that it is no longer a secret that many Saudi private > donors have been sponsoring radical Sunni Islamists for decades. > > In his recent interview with David Axelrod Obama's deputy national > security adviser Ben Rhodes noted, as cited by Politico.com > <http://politico.com>: > > *"I think that it's complicated in the sense that, it's not that it was > Saudi government policy to support al-Qaeda, but there were a number > of very wealthy individuals in Saudi Arabia who would contribute, sometimes > directly, to extremist groups. Sometimes to charities that were kind of, > ended up being ways to launder money to these groups," Rhodes notes nailing > Riyadh for 'insufficient attention' to extremist funding.* > > [image: US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the > briefing room of the White House in Washington, DC (File)] > > © AFP 2016/ Andrew Caballero-Reynolds > > *Fear and Loathing in the Arabian Nights > <http:///columnists/20160420/1038343321/us-saudi-arabia-petrodollar.html>* > > In this context the 28-page document may shed some light on the extent > to which the Saudi government turned a blind eye to terrorist funding, > Ashford remarks. And still the exposure is unlikely to become a sort > of information bomb. > > However, it is unlikely that the infamous report would prove Riyadh's > complicity in a court of law > <http://sputniknews.com/us/20160419/1038282650/us-saudis-9-11.html>, > Preble and Ashford note, pointing to the fact that the inquiry found "no > evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi > officials individually funded the organization" that carried out the deadly > 9/11 attacks. > > It seems that the truth of the matter is that the US-Saudi relationship > has long been deteriorating > <http://sputniknews.com/politics/20160420/1038350439/us-saudi-arabia-obama-alliance.html> > > and Washington does not want to hammer the final nail in its coffin > by declassifying the report. > > However, Preble believes that by sweeping the case under the rug the White > House is only making the matters worse. > > *"The case for concealing the nature of the US-Saudi relationship was > never very strong. Nor is the case for blacking out those twenty-eight > pages. Some secrets need protecting, but this is one story that needs to be > told," he concludes.* > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYzV1dWQ2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjE2MTYwNDQ-> > > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnMHI3cm1lBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDYxNjE2MDQ0> > > 2 > > [image: Yahoo! 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