Sept. 11 Victims Call for Release of FBI Report Detailing Saudi Arabia’s Involvement in Attacks

Family members of victims and those injured in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are calling on Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to release publicly an FBI report detailing what role Saudi Arabia played in supporting the attacks.

In a letter sent Wednesday evening, the families and victims called for the top intelligence official to release an FBI review completed in 2016 that summarizes a years-long investigation into what responsibility Saudi Arabia bears for facilitating the attacks.

The letter comes as President Biden announced on Wednesday that the US would aim to remove all American forces from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The signatories to the letter say that their families are still seeking justice and accountability for the perpetrators of the attack and called on Haines to declassify and release intelligence that is believed to document Saudi Arabia’s involvement.

“Twenty years is too long for our own government to conceal evidence of Saudi involvement in the 9/11 attacks,” the letter reads. “And twenty years is too long for our own government to treat us as adversaries with respect to these issues of transparency and accountability.”

Victims and families of victims of the attacks have also sought to maintain pressure on the U.S. government to identify and reveal in full the conspirators of the attack.

The signatories are all party to a massive lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in damages from Saudi Arabia for its role in the attacks.

Source: Agencies