FBI releases newly declassified document on Saudi government’s role in 9/11 attacks
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The disclosure also comes more than a week after President Joe Biden, facing pressure from 9/11 victims and their families, directed the Justice Department to declassify documents related to the FBI’s sprawling investigation.
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The Saudi government has long denied any involvement in the attacks and recently said it welcomes Biden’s declassification decision.
“Any allegation that Saudi Arabia is complicit in the September 11 attacks is categorically false,” the embassy said in a Sept. 8 statement. “Saudi Arabia knows all too well the evil that al-Qaeda through its ideology and actions represents … Alongside the U.S., the kingdom has spared no effort in tackling the men, money, and mindset of terrorism and extremism in all its forms.”