Sunday, July 17, 2016

Congressional Report on Omar Al-Bayoumi Terrorist Ties Confirms 2014 Judicial Watch FBI Docs Release

The once-classified chapter from a congressional report on the 9/11 attacks released today by the government confirm revelations released by Judicial Watch in February 2014 concerning the terrorist ties of Saudi Arabian citizen Omar Al-Bayoumi. Judicial Watch obtained the information in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of State and FBI on June 4, 2012.

According to the congressional report released today, “The FBI has received numerous reports from individuals in the Muslim community, dating back to 1999, alleging that al-Bayoumi may be a Saudi intelligence office. FBI files suggest that al-Bayoumi provided substantial assistance to hijackers Khalid al-Mihdar and Nawaf al-Hamzi after they arrived in San Diego in February 2000.” [Report, Page 416]

The Judicial Watch February 2014 news release reprinted in full below provided additional details about the al-Bayoumi-al-Mihdar-al-Hamzi conncection:

FBI Documents Raise Questions about Saudi and al-Aulaqi Connections to 9/11 Attacks

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Judicial Watch: FBI Documents Raise Additional Questions about Saudi and al-Aulaqi Connections to 9/11 Attacks

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained 79 pages of investigative reportsfrom the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) providing further evidence of ties between terrorist leaders Anwar al-Aulaqi and Omar al-Bayoumi, the government of Saudi Arabia, and FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) counter-terrorism investigations in the days leading up to the 9-11 terrorist attack.

Included in the new documents are dozens of pages of a case-establishing “Letterhead Memorandum” from the FBI’s Washington headquarters and San Diego field office. Limited portions of some of the memos had been previously released, but with many of the key elements heavily redacted. The documents came in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch against the U.S. Department of State and FBI on June 4, 2012.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/congressional-report-omar-al-bayoumi-terrorist-ties-confirms-2014-judicial-watch-fbi-docs-release/

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