Former FBI Agent Says 9-11 Hijackers had U.S.-based support
By Dana Kennedy
September 4, 2021 2:25pm
At least two of the 9-11 hijackers probably had a U.S.-based support network, according to a former FBI agent.
Danny Gonzalez worked on “Operation Encore,” the still-secret investigation into the two Saudi hijackers who were based in San Diego. Gonzalez told CBS News he’s confident the records of that operation will show the hijackers had help.
“19 hijackers cannot commit 3,000 mass murders by themselves,” Gonzalez told the network.
President Biden signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Justice to oversee a declassification review of some documents related to the 9/11 attacks, after pressure from families of victims who are demanding to know if Saudi Arabia helped the hijackers. The DOJ must release any declassified documents in the next six months.
Some records pertain to “Operation Encore,” which began two years after the commission’s report.
Gonzalez said the public would learn “a lot” if records from Operation Encore were released, and that it would change the public’s understanding of 9/11.
Gonzalez said the two hijackers — Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar — were helped by a number of Saudis, including Omar al-Bayoumi.
Bayoumi, who was working for the Saudi government, has said he randomly met the two hijackers at a restaurant in LA and encouraged them to move to San Diego. He helped them find apartments and open bank accounts. The two hijackers even started flight school nearby.
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