Powerful men often funnel money via their wives. In 2001, the wife of the Saudi Ambassador to Washington - who would become head of Saudi intelligence, and was close friend of both George W. Bush, President of the United States, and George Tenet, head of the CIA - was Princess Haifa. Haifa sent thousands of dollars a month to Majeda Dweikat, wife of Osama Basnan, and Manal Bajadr, wife of Omar al-Bayoumi. These two men materially assisted 9/11 hijackers, Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi.
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in reply to The Sleight Doctor 🃏 • • •In case you think this is a "troofer" conspiracy, the CIA's own Inspector General, John Helgerson, said in the declassified summary of his 9/11 report that 50 to 60 CIA officers at Alec Station (the so-called "bin Laden unit") knew of reports in 2000 that al-Hazmi and al-Midhar were probably in the USA, but sat on the intel for 18 months and obstructed attempts to alert the FBI. Helgerson recommended disciplinary action for Tenet personally.
Instead he got a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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in reply to The Sleight Doctor 🃏 • • •So what was Tenet up to? In his book State of War, James Risen says that Tenet "set the tone for the CIA's Saudi relationship by relying heavily on developing close relationships with top Saudi officials, including Prince Bandar bin Sultan..."
Once a month, Tenet would slip away to Bandar's estate in McLean, Virginia, for talks so secretive he refused to tell officers working under him what they were discussing. They complained it was difficult for them to tell what deals were being made.
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in reply to The Sleight Doctor 🃏 • • •The rush to get Saudis out of the US after 9/11 is well-known. Less was made of a return trip by Prince Abdullah, de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, in '02. He, Prince al-Faisal and Bandar were scheduled to meet W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice at Dubya's ranch in Texas.
As the planes landed, the IC learned two members of the entourage were on terror lists. Next day, Osama Basnan reported his passport stolen to Houston. He was in Texas the same day as the crown prince.
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in reply to The Sleight Doctor 🃏 • • •Or shall we talk about the testimony of FBI Special Agent Steven Butler, described by officials as "explosive". Butler had been monitoring a flow of Saudi money to the 9/11 hijackers. After Butler testified, staff director for the 9/11 Committee Eleanor Hill sent a memo to the Justice Department detailing Butler's allegations. When reporters quizzed the Justice Department about the content of Butler's testimony, they were told it was "classified".
Nothing to see here folks, move along...
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in reply to The Sleight Doctor 🃏 • • •Yeah, I don't often disobey the "strictures of classification", to paraphrase Bob Graham, co-chair of the 2002 Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11, but when I do, I do it in style...and name names. When the USA becomes the geostrategic enemy, all bets are off on "secrecy". Fuck it.
So Euro journos, do your work and "due diligence". It could be I'm just a raving lunatic after all. Or it could be I'm telling the truth. You won't know either way until you've done the research yourselves.
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