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FBI declassifies and releases long-sought Operation Encore document about probe of possible Saudi government 9/11 complicity
FloridaBulldog.org ^ | 11 Sept 2021 | Dan Christensen

Posted on 09/12/2021 7:05:24 AM PDT by Theoria

The FBI, complying with President Biden’s recent executive order, made public late Saturday night a previously classified April 4, 2016 “review and analysis” report about Operation Encore, the bureau’s highly sensitive investigation of possible Saudi complicity in the 9/11 terrorist attack.

The 16-page report is nevertheless heavily redacted in ways that will likely disappoint members of the 9/11 Families who have pushed to learn more about Encore since its existence was first disclosed in December 2016 in documents released to Florida Bulldog amid Freedom of Information Act litigation.

For example, the names of many persons who were interviewed by FBI agents during Encore were blanked out to protect their privacy. Those gaps, as well as chunks of information withheld because it was derived from a federal grand jury, remained classified by the FBI, or was “withheld at the direction of another USG agency or department, make deciphering the report’s information difficult.

Still, the document’s release not only fulfilled the first part of Biden’s pledge to strive for 9/11 transparency, it was warmly greeted by attorneys for the 9/11 Families.

James Kreindler

“With this first release of documents, 20 years of Saudi Arabia counting on the U.S. government to cover up its role in 9/11 comes to an end,” said New York attorney James Kreindler. ““The findings and conclusions in this FBI investigation validate the arguments we have made in the litigation regarding the Saudi government’s responsibility for the 9/11 attacks. This document, together with the public evidence gathered to date, provides a blueprint for how al Qaeda operated inside the US with the active, knowing support of the Saudi government.

Brett Eagleson, a Connecticut resident who lost his father, Bruce Eagleson, at the World Trade Center on 9/11 said, “The release of the 2016 FBI Operation Encore Final Review accelerates our pursuit of truth and justice against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the worst terrorist attack to occur on U.S. soil. We look forward to more transparency and releases of information from the Biden administration that finally provide the American people the truth they have long-deserved, while our resolve strengthens to hold the Saudi government fully accountable for the tremendous pain and losses we suffered.”

Operation Encore

The April 2016 report says the Encore investigation was initiated on October 26, 2007, three years after the 9/11 Commission issued its final report that concluded it had found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded” al Qaeda. While Encore prosecutors and agents were seeking to bring criminal charges of providing material support to a pair of suicide hijackers in Southern California – Nawaf al Hazmi and Khalid al Mihdhar – no charges were ever filed and the probe was quietly shut down five years ago.

Brett Eagleson

Hazmi and Mihdhar were part of a team of five al Qaeda hijackers who flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.

The new Encore report includes a variety of new information about the movements and contacts of Hazmi and Mihdhar both before and after their arrival in Los Angeles in January 2000. Three of the most significant areas as identified by Kreindler:

• Saudi officials exchanged phone calls among themselves and with al Qaeda operatives and then had ‘accidental meetings’ with the 9/11 hijackers, while providing them with substantial assistance to get settled, find flight schools, and become acclimated to life in the US.
• Mutaeb al Sudairy, a Saudi Embassy official with diplomatic immunity, lived in the U.S. in 2000 with the key procurement officer for al Qaeda who bought communications equipment for Osama bin Laden. Sudairy had phone calls with another Saudi government official, Omar al Bayoumi, at the same time Bayoumi was helping the hijackers get established in San Diego. Witnesses overheard Bayoumi speak openly about jihad.
• Saudi diplomat Fahad al Thumairy, who provided hijackers with lodging and other help in Los Angeles, had contacts with other al Qaeda operatives including Ahmed Ressam, the so-called Millennium bomber who was planning to attack Los Angeles Airport on January 1, 2000 and two Al Qaeda operatives, the al-Khalidi brothers, who are now detained in Guantanamo Bay.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: California; US: Connecticut; US: Florida; War on Terror
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1 posted on 09/12/2021 7:05:24 AM PDT by Theoria
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To: Theoria

GWB’s buddies? Well that’s just crazy talk. 🐪🐫


2 posted on 09/12/2021 7:09:12 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Theoria

Who cares?


3 posted on 09/12/2021 7:24:57 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Theoria

Now release China flu intel.


4 posted on 09/12/2021 7:26:29 AM PDT by wardamneagle (c)
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To: rktman

https://911truth.org/huffman-aviation-jeb-bush-911-problem/

Jeb Bush’s 9/11 Problem: Huffman Aviation


5 posted on 09/12/2021 7:27:07 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Theoria

The old bait and switch.


6 posted on 09/12/2021 7:32:36 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: Theoria

Now that Saudi Arabia will accept Russian rubles and Chinese yuan for oil, basically killing the PetroDollar** agreement, expect to read more about their complicity in 9-11 as they fall out of favor with us.

**In return for the U.S. protecting them, Saudi would only accept U.S. dollars for oil. The world will now become awash in our unwanted currency, so it will flood back here and ramp up inflation to eye-watering levels.


7 posted on 09/12/2021 7:35:50 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: Theoria
Saudi Arabia is Iran's main adversary in the region.



Just sayin'.

8 posted on 09/12/2021 7:37:57 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch

Hi.

I see a Persian and a pervert in the Oval office.

5.56mm


9 posted on 09/12/2021 7:42:00 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Theoria

BTTT

Conspiracy theorists proven correct once again.

My only question is how many times do we have to realize over time that the conspiracy theorists were correct?

I love this our country, and part of loving this county is NOT TO IGNORE crimes and curruption committed. Tough love in other words.... It’s like have a bad kid acting out. You punish them when they act out, and it’s out of love for them.

Who is watching the watchers? If we clean this mess up on our own, then we will earn respect around the world. Denying what happened only makes things worse, and could collapse our own government.

The people deserve a government they can trust that will follow the U.S. Constitution and protect the Bill of Rights. I know there are good people and bad people in every organization. It’s time for the good people to stand up now and speak out or we are going to lose this country. They will not have a pension in the future.

For those of you that think you are safe in your government position because it has never happened. Please see this below. How many more times can they do this before default. Furthermore, look up the World Economic Forum and what they are saying. Look who is there organization. Guess what it includes, central banks, Janet Yellen and other leaders around the world.

https://news.yahoo.com/yellen-says-u-could-default-145400348.html


10 posted on 09/12/2021 7:51:31 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Bratch

Obama winks


11 posted on 09/12/2021 8:36:14 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Theoria

QUICK!!!

Look Over Here!

Forget about those Americans abandoned in Afghanistan!

Forget about $1 trillion in military gear handed over to muzzie terrorists!

Forget about vaccine mandates for commoners but not for congress and other untouchable government royalty!


12 posted on 09/12/2021 8:38:58 AM PDT by Iron Munro (SCOTUS 1939 US v Miller: Weapons to arm "well-regulated militia" protected under 2nd Amend)
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