Questions NOT asked Rice
Today's Boston Globe carries an article by Craig Unger, author of the book, "House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties".
In the piece, Unger wonders why no one on the commission has asked about the "evacuation of approximately 140 Saudis just two days after 9/11." He discloses that this group of Saudi evacuees included 24 members of the Bin Laden family.
The writer goes on to speculate, "Is it possible that the long relationship between President Bush's family and the House of Saud led Bush to turn a blind eye to the Saudi role in Islamic fundamentalist terrorism? Rather than aggressively seeking justice for the victims of 9/11, did the president instead authorize the departure of rich Saudi royals without even subjecting them to interrogation?"
However, one more question the 9/11 Commission did not ask Condi Rice, and is not raised by Craig Unger either, is this: Why didn't US Air Force fighter jets take off once it was clear four jetliners had been hijacked?
Also another simple yet legitimate question asked by a Toronto Star reader asks: ...why, given the heightened threats and warnings of the spring and summer of 2001, didn't they move heaven and earth to find out the time, place and manner of attack? "
In the piece, Unger wonders why no one on the commission has asked about the "evacuation of approximately 140 Saudis just two days after 9/11." He discloses that this group of Saudi evacuees included 24 members of the Bin Laden family.
The writer goes on to speculate, "Is it possible that the long relationship between President Bush's family and the House of Saud led Bush to turn a blind eye to the Saudi role in Islamic fundamentalist terrorism? Rather than aggressively seeking justice for the victims of 9/11, did the president instead authorize the departure of rich Saudi royals without even subjecting them to interrogation?"
However, one more question the 9/11 Commission did not ask Condi Rice, and is not raised by Craig Unger either, is this: Why didn't US Air Force fighter jets take off once it was clear four jetliners had been hijacked?
Also another simple yet legitimate question asked by a Toronto Star reader asks: ...why, given the heightened threats and warnings of the spring and summer of 2001, didn't they move heaven and earth to find out the time, place and manner of attack? "
posted by Faramin | 9:33 a.m.
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