The Saudi Arabia 9/11 Connection

• 46:29Tim identifies the Saudi Arabia relationship as the most interesting aspect of 9/11 — the oil interests and financial ties that keep the U.S. protecting an unpopular regime.
• 47:52U.S. efforts to mislead the public about Saudi charities providing financial support to al Qaeda terrorists.
• 48:44The CIA's role arming the Mujahideen in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion was designed to create another Vietnam for Russia, which ultimately contributed to the Soviet Union's collapse.
• 49:52Graham Fuller, architect of the Afghanistan operation, connects to the Boston Bombers through his daughter's marriage to one of their uncles — a small-world coincidence.
• 50:37Saudi Arabia matched U.S. funding dollar-for-dollar in Afghanistan and served as America's proxy for delivering weapons.
• 51:09Tim questions whether Saudi involvement in 9/11 went deeper than officially admitted, asking if the CIA withheld information about hijackers' presence in the country from the FBI.
• 52:39The hijackers allegedly barely knew how to fly, yet executed a complex attack that terrorists today don't attempt despite simpler methods being available.
• 53:43Wealthy Saudis living in gated communities in Florida fled the country on the morning of 9/11, leaving with dishes in the sink.
• 54:15Senator Bob Graham was pulled off a plane with his wife and questioned by the FBI for two hours for pursuing the Saudi connection in his investigation.
• 54:48Tim suggests that pursuing the Saudi angle is dangerous — Graham, as a senator with cachet, is a target that could be silenced or blackmailed.

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