Justice Dept Attempts to Block 9/11 Lawsuit Against Saudis; 9/11 Family Members Speak Out

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Statement On Behalf of the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism In Response to the Solicitor General's Refusal to Support The 9/11 Families' Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court

(In Re: Thomas E. Burnett, Sr., et al. v. Al Baraka Investment & Development Corp., et al., Case No. 03-CV-9849 (RCC)In Re: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, MDL 1570)

WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of 9/11 Family Members: Mike Low, Father of Sara Elizabeth Low, AA Flight 11; Bill Doyle, Father of Joseph M. Doyle, WTC North Tower; Tom & Beverly Burnett, Sr., Parents of Thomas E. Burnett, Jr., UA Flight 93; and Terry Strada, Wife of Thomas Strada, WTC North Tower on Behalf of the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism in Response to the Solicitor General's Refusal to Support The 9/11 Families' Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court:

Today the Obama Administration filed in the Supreme Court a document that expressed the Administration's decision to stand with a group of Saudi princes and against the right of American citizens -- 9/11 family members -- to have our day in court. Let there be no doubt: The filing was political in nature and stands as a betrayal of everyone who lost a loved one or was injured on September 11, 2001.

We are deeply dismayed by this decision, filed by the solicitor general of the United States in response to the Supreme Court's February 23, 2009 invitation for the government to express its views in the 9/11 families' request to appeal a portion of the case to the Court. The Administration's filing mocks our system of justice and strikes a blow against the public's right to know the facts about who financed and supported the murder of 3,000 innocent people. It undermines our fight against terrorism and suggests a green light to terrorist sympathizers the world over that they can send money to al Qaeda without having to worry that they will be held accountable in the U.S. Courts for the atrocities that result.

The Administration apparently gave less weight to the principles of justice, transparency, accountability and security, which our case embodies, and more weight to political concerns and pleadings of a foreign government on the behalf of a handful of members of its monarchy and others who stand accused of financing the attacks that murdered our loved ones. Sadly, although the Administration's obviously politically based filing is merely informational and in no way binding on the Supreme Court, if the Supreme Court were to follow it, these people will avoid being held accountable not because they are innocent, but because they are royalty.

The Administration's filing is all the more troubling in that it expressly acknowledges that the courts below applied incorrect legal standards in dismissing the Saudi defendants, but nonetheless argues that the case -- one that seeks to account for the terrorist attacks against America and the murder of our family members -- does not warrant the Supreme Court's time. Contrary to the view expressed by the Obama Administration in the solicitor general's filing, the victims of the September 11th attack deserve to have their claims decided under accurate legal standards.

For all of these reasons, we urge the Supreme Court to reject the solicitor general's politically-premised filing, along with its wrongheaded priorities, accept our petition, and grant us our fundamentally American right to have our day in Court.

SOURCE 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism

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Bill Doyle, one of the family members who joined in the above statement, was a signatory to the NIST RFC:

Scholars and Family Members Submit Request for Correction to 9/11 NIST Report
http://stj911.org/press_releases/NIST.html
"The group submitting the Request includes 9/11 family members Bob McIlvaine and Bill Doyle, physicist Steven E. Jones, former UL manager, Kevin Ryan, architect Richard Gage, AIA, and the group Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice."
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Justice Dept. Backs Saudi Royal Family on 9/11 Lawsuit
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/us/politics/30families.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
"The Obama administration is supporting efforts by the Saudi royal family to defeat a long-running lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks."
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"Lawyers for the Saudi family said that they were heartened by the department’s brief and that it served to strengthen their hand before the court, which has not decided whether to hear the case.

But family members of several Sept. 11 victims said they were deeply disappointed and questioned whether the decision was made to appease an important ally in the Middle East. The Saudis have aggressively lobbied both the Bush and Obama administrations to have the lawsuit dismissed, government officials say.

“I find this reprehensible,” said Kristen Breitweiser, a leader of the Sept. 11 families, whose husband was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center. “One would have hoped that the Obama administration would have taken a different stance than the Bush administration, and you wonder what message this sends to victims of terrorism around the world.”

Bill Doyle, another leader of the Sept. 11 families whose son was killed in the attacks, said, “All we want is our day in court.”

The lawsuit, brought by a number of insurance companies for the victims and their families, accuses members of the royal family in Saudi Arabia of providing financial backing to Al Qaeda — either directly to Osama bin Laden and other terrorist leaders, or indirectly through donations to charitable organizations that they knew were in turn diverting money to Al Qaeda."
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High court is urged to block 9/11 suit against Saudis
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20090530_High_court_is_urged_to_block_9_11_suit_against_Saudis.html
"In a setback for insurers and individual victims of the 9/11 attacks, U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan urged the Supreme Court yesterday to reject allegations that Saudi Arabia was responsible because it indirectly financed al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

"Kagan, in a 22-page amicus brief filed yesterday with the Supreme Court, said U.S. law generally barred lawsuits against foreign governments for supporting terrorism unless they met narrowly tailored exceptions."
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"The 812-page Cozen lawsuit alleges that the Saudi government financed Islamic charities based in the kingdom that in turn funded al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. It cites findings that U.S. government officials had warned the Saudis for years in advance of the attacks that the charities were helping to finance terrorists and that they may have played a role in the bombings of U.S embassies in East Africa in 1998."

Speaking of Royalty. Saudi and otherwise.

Here is one Royal very close to Ground Zero.

Britain's Prince Harry places a wreath at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan in New York. Prince Harry, 24, is making his debut in New York and his first trip abroad as an official representative of the royal family.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090529/photos_wl_uk_afp/b...

Britain's Prince Harry (C) looks at a plan of construction with Glenn Guzi (L), program manager of the NY/NJ Port Authority, at the World Trade Center site in New York, May 29, 2009.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090529/photos_wl_uk_afp/b...

Britain's Prince Harry, (L), greets Madison Iken, 4, and her mother Monica Iken, whose husband was killed on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site May 29, 2009 in New York. New York Governor David Paterson is at rear.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090529/photos_wl_uk_afp/b...

Maybe someone can reach him with 911 Truth & Facts either at NYC or London.

WeAreChange NYC & London.

You never know what can happen next.

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The CONSTITUTION is NOT going to "collapse" into pulverized dust no matter how much thermate/explosives or planes they throw at it

Time...

For Obama to resign (yes, they should all resign. Everyone with the possible exceptions of Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul. However, they have never made me happy about their inability to LOUDLY speak out about 9/11).

Edit: “I find this reprehensible. One would have hoped that the Obama administration would have taken a different stance than the Bush administration, and you wonder what message this sends to victims of terrorism around the world." - 9/11 Family Member Kristen Breitweiser

It tells me that our Government supports those who support terrorism that is beneficial to it.

Edit: Rawstory chiming in.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/05/31/obama-sides-with-saudis/

I pushed for them to cover that, but I don't know if that's why they covered it.


Do these people deserve to know how and why their loved ones were murdered? Do we deserve to know how and why 9/11 happened?

"While the family's still grieving.

About the peace they're not achieving." This is totally garbage. I'm sick of the two faces of the United States government. One that fights terrorism, and one that funds it.


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This is disgusting

This just proves that they don't actually follow the rule of law as defined by the Constitution, our country has been thoroughly hijacked from the inside. We should be impeaching everybody in the administration, they are ALL corrupt and ALL want to sell us out. I am not much of a NWO-type guy, but this smacks of back-room deals and shady dealings. We need to SHOUT about this ongoing injustice.

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Do these people deserve to know how and why their loved ones were murdered? Do we deserve to know how and why 9/11 happened?