Federal judge orders 9/11 victim attorneys to detail threats allegedly made against potential witnesses in lawsuit targeting Saudi Arabia
By Shayna Jacobs
March 4, 2020 at 7:34 PM EST
NEW YORK — A federal judge has ordered lawyers for 9/11 families suing Saudi Arabia to detail threats allegedly made against witnesses they may depose as part of their effort to prove the kingdom was involved in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The victims' attorneys have argued they need to protect for now the identities of potential witnesses, pointing to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as an example of the kind of danger faced by those who speak out against Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi, a contributing Washington Post columnist and outspoken critic of the Saudi crown prince, had been interviewed by an investigator for the plaintiffs in 2017.
Lawyers for those suing Saudi Arabia — including survivors of the attacks and victims’ relatives — said at an emergency court hearing Wednesday that the October 2018 killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has heightened their concern for four potential witnesses. Those people, the lawyers said, have been in talks with the families about providing information on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
Read more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/federal-judge-orders-911-victim-attorneys-to-detail-threats-allegedly-made-against-potential-witnesses-in-lawsuit-targeting-saudi-arabia/2020/03/04/455a73bc-5e5e-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html
Wow. Say what you want about the Washington Post and NY Times in fact, some of their reporters themselves to a good job.
So, the witnesses against Saudi Arabia are the ones (only 4 of them apparently) were allegedly threatened if I understand this correctly.
