Why did Obama help the Saudis fly out of the US in the days after 9/11, when most flights were grounded?

Oops, it wasn't really Obama. It was the FBI. (Poor typing skills, sorry)


'Government records show previously undisclosed flights from Las Vegas and elsewhere and point to a more active role by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in aiding some of the Saudis in their departure.

The F.B.I. gave personal airport escorts to two prominent Saudi families who fled the United States, and several other Saudis were allowed to leave the country without first being interviewed, the documents show.'

The documents were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Justice Department by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, which provided copies to The New York Times.

The material sheds new light on the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, and it provides details about the F.B.I.'s interaction with at least 160 Saudis who were living in or visiting the United States and were allowed to leave the country. Some of the departing Saudis were related to Osama bin Laden.

The Saudis' chartered flights were arranged in the days after the attacks when many flights in the United States were still grounded.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/politi...

m1a1mike and the rest of you ACLUers : Wouldn't it be a good idea to maybe hold the Bin Laden family for questioning in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks?

That would be Bush, Wolfie, Cheney, Rove, Rummy and the rest of the gang of TRAITORS.

So you are saying that Bush should of allowed a lynch mob to string them up, because they are related to Osama Bin Laden. Drag them through the streets perhaps.

Do you know that Adolf Hitler has relatives today who had to change their last name, because of people like you?

the answer lies in the photos of GWB french kissing the Saudi royal family.

Good question and why do conservatives think he did the right thing?

You'll have to ask George Bush, or his Sith Lord, Dick Cheney.

And your point is?

The part we are all missing is - did we have any legal reason to prevent them from leaving the country?

Or are such matters as the law irrelevant?

So you are saying we should antagonize a bunch of people who disowned Osama a decade prior?