Posted on Apr 19, 2016
Obama Wedged in Debate Over 9/11 Report Secrecy Ahead of Saudi Trip
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The government of Saudi Arabia is asking for the 28 pages to be declassified and has stated it will sell off it's investment holdings in the United States if the 9/11 bill is passed putting it's holdings here at risk of being awarded to victims and their families of the 9/11 attack. A previous lawsuit against Saudi Arabia by the victims and their families was dismissed by a judge due to insufficient evidence. The complainants then wrote to POTUS asking that the 28 classified pages of the 9/11 report be made available to them. He declined to do so.
On Monday, Earnest told reporters it was hard to imagine the president signing the bill as currently drafted echoing Secretary Kerry's remarks before the Senate Appropriations committee in February.
"In our current form, we'd be very troubled by it because what it would do is really expose the United States of America to lawsuit and take away our sovereign immunity and create a terrible precedent in its current form," Secretary John Kerry told members of the Senate Appropriations committee in February.
At its core, the controversy centers on a long-held belief by many of the 9/11 families that Saudi Arabia played a role in the attacks: 15 of the 19 terrorists were Saudi.
On Monday, Earnest told reporters it was hard to imagine the president signing the bill as currently drafted echoing Secretary Kerry's remarks before the Senate Appropriations committee in February.
"In our current form, we'd be very troubled by it because what it would do is really expose the United States of America to lawsuit and take away our sovereign immunity and create a terrible precedent in its current form," Secretary John Kerry told members of the Senate Appropriations committee in February.
At its core, the controversy centers on a long-held belief by many of the 9/11 families that Saudi Arabia played a role in the attacks: 15 of the 19 terrorists were Saudi.
Obama Wedged in Debate Over 9/11 Report Secrecy Ahead of Saudi Trip
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CPT (Join to see) LTC Stephen F. If they as a government or individuals provided financial support to any of these terrorists. Guilty parties should be held accountable and any assets within US control should be used to compensate for damages. Hopefully this administration will do the right thing and not cave to Muslims.
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What a line of BS. The bill is wrote to only effect those countries that sponsor terrorism and reciprocates the same from us. Since we have no terrorism training camps it is a non issue. If that 28 pages implements the Saudi Government we should seize every asset they have in America.
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Obama better not veto this bill or he will really go down in history as a another bought and paid for politician, like the Bush's who refused to hold Saudi Arabia responsible for their role in 9/11 and their exporting of Wahhabism and Salafism, the two most extremist and conservative sects of Islam that have directly led to the creation of Al Qaeda and ISIS and the murder of hundreds of thousands of Muslims (like Shia's) who do not subscribe to their views. Saudi Arabia continues to send fighter to ISIS, precisely because their Kingdom and its clerics do not support religious tolerance. Just the opposite, they fund and support Mosques and Madrasas (religious teaching schools) that promote and teach intolerant views based upon Islam. This is the sickness that is infecting western Europe , the middle east, and Americans should be alarmed and protect against this form of Islam from taking root here in the US. Pakistan also, financially supported by the Saudis, has the same problem with the Taliban and Madrasas that teach Salfism and Wahhabism that lead to extremist Muslim terrorists.
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