I didn't say, as I usually do, that Russia and Iran are beneficiaries of high prices, and fund the war in the Ukraine, and proxy wars like Hamas/Gaza. This is a national security issue.
Re 9/11. I lived in Franconia VA on or about 9/11 where the madrassas that taught the all infidels must die were located. Some of my neighbors wore com…
I didn't say, as I usually do, that Russia and Iran are beneficiaries of high prices, and fund the war in the Ukraine, and proxy wars like Hamas/Gaza. This is a national security issue.
Re 9/11. I lived in Franconia VA on or about 9/11 where the madrassas that taught the all infidels must die were located. Some of my neighbors wore complete burkas prior to the attack. A couple of days later I had hearings and Reagan Airport was closed so I had to fly out of Dulles. Lines , all the staff looked like my ex-neighbors. I flew to Chattanooga via Pittsburgh. All the staff, pilots, stewardesses, etc were Arab. When I made it home, most of my former neighbors had moved, never to return.
I knew some of the victims.
Later, I ran into Bob Graham, who was on the senate committee investigating. He couldn't say much, but nobody was cooperating. To this day, they still haven't.
Separately some victim families sued. Lawsuits against The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were permitted to proceed pursuant to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JATSA), which gives federal courts subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate cases against foreign nations even without the nation being formally designated by the U.S. government as a state sponsor of terror. JASTA, according to many commentators, has caused additional strain to the already complex and complicated U.S.-Saudi relationship.
However, in Havlish v. bin Laden, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah were found to have directly and materially aided al Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks. A default judgment was entered against Iran and Hezbollah for billions of dollars. See Dkt. Nos. 294, 295, 316, Havlish v. bin Laden (In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2011), Case No. 1:03-cv-09848-GBD-SN (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York).
IMHO some of the aiders, abettors and even some of the perpetrators have not been caught. I know a number of the military judges and prosecutors -- come colleagues -- and some defense counsel. My former colleague Moe Davis was the Guantanamo chief prosecutor who refused to use the product of torture.
I felt that the GWB administration gave them a pass and the Obama and Trump administrations were distracted. Its incredible that Kushner, who has no experience and is probably legally conflicted is the money manager of a $2 Bil Saudi investment fund.
Meanwhile more than 2,000 family members of people who died in the Sept. 11 terror attacks signed a letter to Biden protesting a potential plea agreement between the government and five suspected masterminds held at Guantanamo Bay.
Biden had two sons who served and he should be responsive.
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I didn't say, as I usually do, that Russia and Iran are beneficiaries of high prices, and fund the war in the Ukraine, and proxy wars like Hamas/Gaza. This is a national security issue.
Re 9/11. I lived in Franconia VA on or about 9/11 where the madrassas that taught the all infidels must die were located. Some of my neighbors wore complete burkas prior to the attack. A couple of days later I had hearings and Reagan Airport was closed so I had to fly out of Dulles. Lines , all the staff looked like my ex-neighbors. I flew to Chattanooga via Pittsburgh. All the staff, pilots, stewardesses, etc were Arab. When I made it home, most of my former neighbors had moved, never to return.
I knew some of the victims.
Later, I ran into Bob Graham, who was on the senate committee investigating. He couldn't say much, but nobody was cooperating. To this day, they still haven't.
My office took some of the 9/11 compensation cases. https://www.justice.gov/archive/victimcompensation/#:~:text=On%20January%202%2C%202011%2C%20President,at%20www.vcf.gov.&text=New%20%2D%20Closing%20Statement%20from%20the%20Special%20Master%2C%20Mr.
Separately some victim families sued. Lawsuits against The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were permitted to proceed pursuant to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JATSA), which gives federal courts subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate cases against foreign nations even without the nation being formally designated by the U.S. government as a state sponsor of terror. JASTA, according to many commentators, has caused additional strain to the already complex and complicated U.S.-Saudi relationship.
However, in Havlish v. bin Laden, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah were found to have directly and materially aided al Qaeda in the 9/11 attacks. A default judgment was entered against Iran and Hezbollah for billions of dollars. See Dkt. Nos. 294, 295, 316, Havlish v. bin Laden (In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2011), Case No. 1:03-cv-09848-GBD-SN (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York).
The U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund did not make disbursements until I had retired. Established in 2015, “The Fund has collected more than $2 billion in deposits from forfeiture proceeds, penalties, and fines arising from violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or the Trading with the Enemy Act,” https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-total-distribution-over-6b-victims-state-sponsored-terrorism
IMHO some of the aiders, abettors and even some of the perpetrators have not been caught. I know a number of the military judges and prosecutors -- come colleagues -- and some defense counsel. My former colleague Moe Davis was the Guantanamo chief prosecutor who refused to use the product of torture.
I felt that the GWB administration gave them a pass and the Obama and Trump administrations were distracted. Its incredible that Kushner, who has no experience and is probably legally conflicted is the money manager of a $2 Bil Saudi investment fund.
Meanwhile more than 2,000 family members of people who died in the Sept. 11 terror attacks signed a letter to Biden protesting a potential plea agreement between the government and five suspected masterminds held at Guantanamo Bay.
Biden had two sons who served and he should be responsive.
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