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In reply to the discussion: Political Bombshell: Rand Paul to attack classified Saudi link to 9-11 by every means possible. [View all]Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)A group of US senators has written to President George W Bush, asking for details of a charter flight out of the US two days after the September 11 attacks.
The flight was carrying 13 members of the bin Laden family out of the country.
Osama bin Laden is accused of masterminding the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington in 2001, which killed almost 3,000 people.
Democrat Senator Charles Schumer from the Senate Armed Services Committee, says evidence suggests the flight was organised by the White House, and he is one of the signatories on the letter asking for more information.
"It's awfully strange that on September 13th, the only plane that was allowed to fly was a plane with many high-ranking Saudi nationals, who might have known something about terrorism," he said.
"No-one has figured out why. No-one has figured out who gave the authorisation."
Senator Schumer says evidence suggests the former White House anti-terrorism chief, Richard Clarke, cleared the bin Ladens to leave the country.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-07-25/senators-seek-clarification-on-bin-laden-charter/2014888