911

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THE KINGDOM AND THE TOWERS
Was there a foreign government behind the 9/11 attacks? A decade later, Americans have not been given the whole story, while a key 28-page section of Congress' Joint Inquiry report remains censored. Gathering years of leaks and leads, in an adaptation from their new book, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan examine the connection between Saudi Arabia and the hijackers (15 of whom were Saudi), the Bush White House's decision to ignore or bury evidence, and the frustration of lead investigators - including 9/11 commission staffers, counterterrorism officials, and senators on both sides of the aisle.
The idea that al-Qaeda did not act alone was there from the start. "The terrorists do not operate in a vacuum", Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told reporters a week after 9/11. "I know a lot, and what I have said, as clearly as I know how, is that states are supporting those people". Pressed to elaborate, Rumsfeld was silent for a long moment. Then, saying it was a sensitive matter, he changed the subject.
-VanityFair.com - article by Anthony SUmmers and Robbyn Swan, August 2012