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  Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge BREAKING: Newly Declassified FBI/CIA Reports Reveal Two Saudi Government Employees “May Have Served As An Advance Team” For 9/11 Hijackers These records challenge the official 9/11 narrative shifting the timeline back to December 1998, almost three years before al-Qaeda terrorists killed nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11th, 2001 See also:  Operation Encore and the Saudi Connection: A Secret History of the 9/11 Investigation Behind the scenes, a small team of FBI agents spent years trying to solve a stubborn mystery — whether officials from Saudi Arabia, one of Washington’s closest allies, were involved in the worst terror attack in U.S. history. This is their story. ...  The FBI has disputed the idea that foreign-policy considerations significantly influenced its investigation. In interviews, current and former bureau officials and federal prosecutors insisted to us that they never would have hesitated to pursue any Saudi who could ...

 DC Daily Journal: ... Republican lawmakers criticized President Biden Tuesday after a military appeals court upheld plea deals for three men accused of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks. The agreements, which were brokered under Biden’s administration, would spare the accused plotters from facing the death penalty, sparking outrage among both lawmakers and victims’ families. “This is an abomination. The fact that Joe Biden allowed these plea deals to happen on his watch is unforgivable,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Lawler, who represents New York’s 17th District, emphasized the enduring pain of 9/11 victims’ families. “Nearly 3,000 families will never be the same because of 9/11 — they have the right to see those responsible for their suffering face the death penalty,” he added. ... Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY), a former NYPD detective, echoed similar sentiments. Representing parts of central and southern Nassau County, D’Esposito ca...

 MSN: For more than two decades, the U.S. position has been that al Qaeda acted alone on September 11th , but a newly public video has raised questions about whether the Saudi government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers during the 9/11 terror attacks. Omar al-Bayoumi, whom the FBI says was an operative of the Saudi intelligence service with close ties to two of the 9/11 hijackers, can be heard on the video, which was unsealed in federal court this week and obtained by 60 Minutes. The 1999 video was taken within 90 days of the time when senior al Qaeda planners were deciding on 9/11 targets, Richard Lambert, a retired FBI agent who led the initial 9/11 investigation in San Diego, said. ... "It is another very large brick in a massive wall of evidence that at this point indicates the Saudi government was complicit in the 9/11 attacks," Lambert said. ... Bayoumi filmed the video over the course of several days. It shows entrances and exits of the U.S. Capitol along ...

 DC Daily Journal: Politics can be a dangerous game. But it should never cost you your life. And now the FBI uncovered an assassination plot that left one Republican shellshocked. An Iraqi citizen living in Ohio planned to transport ISIS members into the United States “who do not care if they are killed during the mission” to murder former President George W. Bush, according to court filings. Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab, 53, believed the former commander-in-chief was to blame for the deaths of countless Iraqis and the country’s destruction during “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Shihab pled guilty last year to attempting to provide material assistance to terrorists and was sentenced in February to more than 14 years in jail for the scheme, which was detailed in court documents. Shihab served as a gunrunner for al Qaeda during the Iraq War. According to federal prosecution records, he carried weaponry from Syria into Iraq and smuggled explosive-packed vehicles that were arranged as traps a...

 Daily Mail; One in five young Americans has a POSITIVE view of Osama Bin Laden: Disturbing Daily Mail poll results also reveal three in 10 Gen-Zers think the views of the 9/11 mastermind were a 'force for good' ... Another DailyMail.com poll in October found one in 10 voters under the age of 30 had a positive view of Hamas , despite the group's murderous attack on Israel that killed more than 1,300 men, women and children. ... The results of this polling are hard to believe.  See also: Anti-Israel rally at JFK Airport causes New Year’s Day nightmare on one of the busiest travel days of the year ... “NYPD, KKK, IDF you’re all the same,” protesters inside an SUV screeched through a megaphone, according to video posted to X. Other footage posted to social media showed more than a dozen cars waving Palestinian flags and honking car horns on the gridlocked parkway shortly before the planned rally at 2 p.m. A box truck displayed images of Israeli troops with Palestinian children...

 Fox News: GOP anger grows over Biden admin's potential plea deal for suspected 9/11 architects A group of 9/11 victims' families says the possible plea deal is a 'betrayal of justice' If ever there was a case for the death penalty, it is this one.  Since many of the victims were in Democrat-controlled cities it is surprising that Democrats are not more concerned about Biden's deal. 

 Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE - 9/11 families call Biden administration's deal to spare terrorists the death penalty a 'sickening betrayal' People responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans would avoid the death penalty under the proposed deal.  The evidence against them appears overwhelming so I see no need to cut a deal. 

Breitbart:  9/11 Hijackers Overstayed Visas, Remained in U.S. Thanks to Loophole Now Used by 685K Illegal Aliens ...  DHS continues to have little-to-no resources for deporting visa overstays despite the 9/11 Commission calling for a rigorous biometric entry/exit system to track all visa-holders in the U.S. and whether or not they have left the country at their required date of departure. ... In a statement, Dan Stein with the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) said, “It is important to note that the Biden administration has forgotten nearly every lesson learned on that tragic day.” “By loosening immigration inspections, border controls, document security, interior enforcement, and screening standards, America is no longer secure,” Stein said. “The threat of state-sponsored radical Islamic terrorism is still a very clear and present danger, as we have been reminded in just the last few months.” ... If Congressional Republicans regain control of Congress they sho...

  Daily Mail: Washington University student senator is caught removing 2,977 American flags commemorating victims of 9/11 as he stages protest over 'US wars that have killed 900,000 in the Middle East' The Washington University in question is actually in Missouri. The guy who grabbed the flags appears to be an Islamist.

  Red States: Biden Gets Booed at Ground Zero, Then Says More Offensive Things at Memorial ... At the Ground Zero ceremony, Getty Images caught a picture of him taking down his mask in the middle of the crowd with the Obamas and Clintons, and yelling at someone in what looked like a completely inappropriate moment. But Biden himself was also yelled at and booed at least once during the event. Biden was following the Clintons and the Obamas into the event, when you can see him suddenly break away and rush over to the rope line, where he appears to recognize someone to say hello to that person. But as he does, some people start booing him, and at least one man calls him a “mug” for what he did in Afghanistan. It just shows how raw the emotion still is over the debacle — that on the 20th year after the 9/11 attack, Biden would have delivered such a disaster, left Americans and thousands of Afghan allies behind, and left the country in the hands of terrorists. ... The Daily Caller ...

 NY Post: A well-connected Saudi family hosted frequent visits from 9/11 terrorists at their Sarasota, Fla., home while they were in the area flight training, according to documents released by the FBI in 2013. And while they were in training for the devastating attack that took the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent people 20 years ago, they were not roughing it in squalor. Located in the exclusive community of Prestancia, where Michael Jordan once rented a home, the residence was owned by Esam Ghazzawi — a prominent Saudi interior designer, businessman and adviser with long ties to the Saudi royal family. The daughter of Ghazzawi, Anoud al-Hijji and her husband, Abudlazziz al-Hijji, lived there with their two young children. The tropical abode — and former high-jacker hangout — is quiet with four bedrooms and three bathrooms spread out on a spacious 3,750-square-foot property. It’s located in a gated golf course community, which residents tout for its top-notch “security.” Despit...

 Marc Thiessen: President Biden says he will visit Ground Zero, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa., on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Here is a better idea: stay away. Biden has no business setting foot in those sacred places on that hallowed day. I take no joy in saying this. As a general rule, I believe that when a president attends a ceremony on behalf of the American people, he is not representing himself but the office of the presidency. We respect that office, even if we do not respect the man who occupies it. But this is different. Joe Biden is the president who surrendered to the enemies who attacked us on 9/11. He not only surrendered but did so with dishonor — leaving stranded behind enemy lines American citizens, legal permanent residents, and the majority of our Afghan allies who risked their lives to help us. Not by accident, mind you. Intentionally. He ordered the last U.S. plane to take off from Kabul knowing that he was leaving them...

Paul Sperry: Robert Mueller helped Saudi Arabia cover up its role in 9/11 attacks: suit As the head of the FBI at the time, they say Mueller was not nearly as interested in investigating that espionage conspiracy, which also involved foreign intelligence officers. Far from it, the record shows he covered up evidence pointing back to the Saudi Embassy and Riyadh — and may have even misled Congress about what he knew. 9/11 victims agree. “He was the master when it came to covering up the kingdom’s role in 9/11,” said survivor Sharon Premoli, who was pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center 18 years ago. “In October of 2001, Mueller shut down the government’s investigation after only three weeks, and then took part in the Bush [administration’s] campaign to block, obfuscate and generally stop anything about Saudi Arabia from being released,” added Premoli, now a plaintiff in the 9/11 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. In fact, Mueller threw up roadblocks in the path of his ow...

Washington Post: ‘You should be ashamed of yourselves’: Jon Stewart tears into Congress over 9/11 victims fund “I am angry, and you should be too,” the former “Daily Show” host said, blasting the House Judiciary Committee for its low attendance at a hearing to discuss reauthorizing the fund. While Stewart is right about this, the problem is that Democrats are too consumed with their Trump hatred to get any real business done.  That is especially true of Nadler's Judiciary Committee.

Toby Keith has a way of pumping up the troops who took on the terrorist.  I love this song.

Washington Free Beacon: Iranian officials, in a first, have admitted to facilitating the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. by secretly aiding the free travel of al Qaeda operatives who eventually went on to fly commercial airliners into the Twin Towers in New York City, according to new remarks from a senior Iranian official. Mohammad-Javad Larijani, an international affairs assistant in the Iran's judiciary, disclosed in Farsi-language remarks broadcast on Iran's state-controlled television that Iranian intelligence officials secretly helped provide the al Qaeda attackers with passage and gave them refuge in the Islamic Republic, according to an English translation published by Al Arabiya. "Our government agreed not to stamp the passports of some of them because they were on transit flights for two hours, and they were resuming their flights without having their passports stamped. However their movements were under the complete supervision of the Iranian intelligence,...

Daily Mail: A Syrian-born German national accused of recruiting 9/11 terrorists has been arrested while fighting in Syria, according to a senior commander. 'Mohammed Haydar Zammar has been arrested by Kurdish security forces in northern Syria and is now being interrogated,' a top Kurdish commander said, without providing further details. Zammar, a career extremist in his mid-fifties, was mentioned several times in the 9/11 Commission's report, which said he encouraged worshippers at a Hamburg mosque towards terrorism and alleged 9/11 financer Ramzi Binalshibh. The report also claimed he 'fought in Afghanistan and relished any opportunity to extol the virtues of violent jihad' and took credit for influencing Binalshibh, 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta and others in the 'Hamburg Group' following the attack. Atta hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. He was detained in Morocco i...

My first time to visit the World Trade Center in New York was about 30 years ago.  I was General counsel to an investment banking firm and had to attend a conference at the Windows on the World restaurant near the top of one of the twin towers.  I recall the spectacular view. When I learned of the attack on 9-11 I was checking the news on the internet.  I turned on the TV because it seemed to have more immediate news.  When I saw the replay of the planes hitting the towers, one of my thoughts was that those above the attack point would have a difficult time getting down.  That was in fact, the case as some of the victims were staffing Windows on the World. Many others were also trapped who worked at prestigious firms near the top.  Later when the intense fire caused by the crash started melting the support structure and then the building started collapsing  it was really extraordinary that so many people did escape the carnage. ...

Yahoo News: Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was suspended for cheering 9/11 and beating another student in high school He has been a traitor from the very beginning of the war.

Telegraph: Evidence of a possible link between the Saudi government and the September 11 attacks has emerged just as President  Barack Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia for a visit intended to smooth relations. Speculation has swirled for years as to whether high-ranking Saudi officials had prior knowledge of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Now it has been revealed that a document tying an al-Qaeda bomb maker to the planning of the attacks was discovered inside an envelope from the Saudi Embassy in Washington. Ghassan al-Sharbi, the bomb maker, took flying lessons alongside some of the 9/11 hijackers, though he did not participate directly in the attacks. He was arrested in 2002, and documents that he had hidden were subsequently discovered. Among them was his flight school certificate, which was found tucked inside the government envelope. Al-Sharbi is currently held in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. Brian McGlinchey, a blogger who has advocated ...