Recently surfaced 9/11 evidence was not shared with FBI field agents or top intelligence officials [View all]

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60 Minutes - Newsmakers
Recently surfaced 9/11 evidence was not shared with FBI field agents or top intelligence officials
60-minutes
By Cecilia Vega
Updated on: April 27, 2025 / 7:59 PM EDT / CBS News

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The evidence is coming to light as part of a long-running lawsuit against the Saudi government by the families of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks, and it includes a chilling video of a Saudi national filming the U.S. Capitol.
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The FBI says Bayoumi was living in the United States on a student visa and being paid by a Saudi aviation company in California – despite not showing up for classes or work. Investigators say, in fact, Bayoumi was an operative of the Saudi intelligence service and had close ties to two of the hijackers.
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Cecilia Vega: George Tenet, the CIA director at the time, says he wasn't aware of the video. Same for Michael Morell, the president's daily intelligence briefer at the time. Does it surprise you that they didn't know about this?

Gina Bennett: It does surprise me, again, because we're talking about the U.S. Capitol. And in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 Bayoumi was a suspect.

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While I don't believe that 9-11 was an "inside job," I do believe that former officials, in particular George H. W Bush, had very close ties with Saudi Intelligence, and that evidence implicating the Saudi government was swept under the rug while high-level Saudis were rushed out of the country immediately after the event. Oligarchic ties to far-right Republicans began long before Trump came to power.