No evidence that Saudi gov’t helped 9/11 attackers — Central Intelligence Agency

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 11, 2015, to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

The probable publication of classified parts of a 2002 congressional report into the 9/11 attacks will clear Saudi Arabia of any responsibility, Central Intelligence Agency chief John Brennan has said.

“Subsequently the September 11 commission looked very thoroughly at these allegations of Saudi involvement, Saudi government involvement and their finding, their conclusion was that there was no evidence to indicate that the Saudi government as an institution or Saudi senior officials individually had supported the Sep”.

Last month, former senator Bob Graham said the pages should be made public and alleged Saudi officials had provided assistance to the 9/11 hijackers.

In April, Graham told NPR that while he couldn’t discuss details, the contents of those pages “point a strong finger at Saudi Arabia”.

The families of those killed in the attacks have long wanted the pages from the 2002 report – officially titled the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities be-fore and after the Terro-rist Attacks of September 11, 2001 – made public.

Mr Brennan also described the 28-page section of the 2002 report as merely a “preliminary review”.

Relatives of some of the American victims of the hijackers are lobbying Congress to pass a law lifting Saudi Arabia’s sovereign immunity from liability.

“We know from other senior United States officials that the charges made in the 28 pages do not stand up to scrutiny”.

Former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.), who co-chaired the 2002 joint congressional investigation into the attacks that the documents in question are based on, has also called for them to be declassified and revealed in April he felt that “all the evidence points to” the shadowy kingdom having aided the terrorists responsible for the devastating act that killed almost 3,000 people.

“We can’t rebut charges if we’re being charged by ghosts in the form of 28 pages”, Jubeir said.

Jubeir added that, thanks to multiple leaks in the years since the congressional report was locked away in a safe on Capitol Hill, he can guess what it says. “So we know that it’s a lot of innuendo and insinuations”.