For more than two decades, the US position has been that al-Qaeda unilaterally carried out the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. However, a newly released video raises questions about the possibility that the hijackers received support from the Saudi Arabian government.
A federal court recently unsealed a video that was later released on CBS News' 60 Minutes program on June 20.
Revealing important evidence about the 9/11 terrorist attack
Omar al-Bayoumi, whom the FBI considers a Saudi intelligence agent linked to the two September 11 hijackers, appeared in the video.
Richard Lambert, a former FBI agent who conducted a preliminary investigation into the 9/11 attacks, said the video was made in 1999, during a 90-day period when senior al-Qaeda members were planning to select targets for the attack.
Omar al-Bayoumi appears in a video released on June 20.
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“This is another huge brick in the huge wall of evidence that the Saudi government was complicit in the 9/11 attacks at the time,” Mr Lambert said.
Bayoumi filmed the video, which shows the architecture, entrances and exits, and security checkpoints of the US Capitol building. He also filmed the Washington Monument, saying he would "come and give you details about what's there." Bayoumi also mentioned that there was an airport near the filming location. Lambert said knowing the location of the Washington Monument in relation to other landmarks in Washington DC could help better target the target.
FBI investigators believe the hijackers of Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, had initially intended to target Capitol Hill. Observers say Bayoumi's video of the Capitol may have been part of the attack plan. Bayoumi himself is said to have mentioned the word "plan" in the video.
British police found the video when they searched Bayoumi’s apartment in England a few days after the September 11 attacks. Police also seized a handwritten list of what they said was the phone numbers of several senior Saudi government officials at the time.
Another former FBI agent, Ken Williams, said the Bayoumi video was the most important piece of evidence. The question now is why it took more than 20 years to be released, even though British police had handed it over to the FBI soon after it was seized. “If it was overlooked, that would be a shame. But if it wasn’t, I have to ask what it was used for,” Williams said.
The Saudi Arabian government and Bayoumi have denied any involvement in the 9/11 attacks. The FBI has declined to comment on the video.
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