25, April 2020 Barr bows to Saudi monarchy
In a major betrayal
of the families of victims of 9/11, Attorney General William Barr refused to
release the relevant documents citing concerns of national security.
This announcement
follows months of promises by Donald Trump to support families of the 9/11
victims in a civil lawsuit that has been dragging on for almost 20 years. It is
pure hogwash for the justice department to make the absurd claim that the
information is state secret. This is little to do with state secrets and
everything to do with protecting the Saudi crime family and embarrassing
inaction by former President George Bush who allowed Saudi planes to leave the
U.S. at the height of the 9/11 attacks.
Trump has always
boasted about his close ties with Saudi royalty. He and his son-in-law, Jared
Kushner, are deeply embroiled in financial entanglements, following decades of
failed businesses.
Even the plaintiff’s
lawyers were unable to see the AJ’s written justification or a statement of the
judge’s ruling.
“The
extraordinary lengths that they’re going to here suggest that there must be
some deep, dark secret that they’re still trying very hard to hide after almost
20 years,” said a lawyer for the families.
This
seem to be another example of the Trump administration protecting the Saudis and
is reminiscent of the crimes committed by former President George W.
Bush’s administration blocking legal
challenges to its policies on torture, extraordinary
rendition and warrantless surveillance.
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