Two Chairmen of 9/11 Commission rebut allegations linking Saudi to the attacks

Commission Chairman Thomas Kean, left, and Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton. Image from library.cqpress/AFP

Washington, (IINA) - Two chairmen of the official commission which was in charge of the investigation into the September 11 attacks have refuted accusations that the commission did not investigate Saudi Arabia’s alleged involvement in the attacks thoroughly enough, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported.
The two commissioners on the 9/11 Commission Report, Thomas Keen and Lee Hamilton, issued a statement on Friday, saying that investigators have finished working on the main leads in those pages and were unable to find evidence for the alleged involvement of Saudi Arabia in the attacks, according to the newspaper.
After more than 10 years since the National Commission on terrorist attacks upon the United States released its public report, there is a movement in Washington which is putting pressure on the administration to reveal what is known as the “28 pages”, which were withheld from the 838-page report on the orders of President George W. Bush for security reasons.
Colonel Derek Harvey, a former intelligence officer in the American army, told Asharq Al-Awsat that “There is a hostile view towards Saudi Arabia in the United States, which is pushing Congress to pass the “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act” (JASTA) due to the perception that Saudi has not done enough ….
In addition to some misinformation that some people have exploited to portray the idea that Saudi is not taking action to annihilate the militants.”
On his part, a former official in the Bush junior administration told Asharq Al-Awsat that the “9/11 Commission Report that was prepared” around 11 years ago, did not condemn Saudi and added that he had personally looked at the report and could confirm that no evidence to suggest the involvement of Saudi or any of its officials in the events of September was found. In addition to this, there was no evidence of supervising the financing of individuals or Al-Qaeda founders.
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