Saudi Government Quotes
No civilian planes were allowed to fly the day after the 9-11 attack except one—a Saudi Arabian Charter plane that carried the Saudis, who had assisted the terrorist hijackers, to Saudi Arabia. Some of them were members of the Saudi Royal family. As a result, none of them was made available to the FBI, the Justice Department or the Presidential Commission investigating the attack. The United States seemed not to have used much pressure to interrogate these Saudis, and someone in the White House must have made the exception for this airplane. This quotation is a concise statement of the major open question about the 9-11 attack. Some in the large Saudi Royal Family and other wealthy Saudis have, under the guise of Islamic charities, provided much money for support of terrorists and terrorist organizations.
Traditionally, countries did not allow their citizens to sue foreign sovereign governments in U. S. Courts. The main reason was one of retaliation problems ensuing. Citizens in foreign countries might then sue the United States for the damage cause by our soldiers actions such as Iraq or Afghanistan. Traditionally governments do not sue each other in civil courts. In this case, the President, Secretary of State and Defense Secretary pleaded with Congress not to pass this bill. But they passed it anyway, and President Obama veto’d it. Then the House and Senate overrode the Presidents veto on September 28, 2015 causing Schemer who led the effort for the bill in the Senate which voted almost unanimously (only 1 Senator Against)) for the override. The Democrats went against their own President on this bill.
