Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? | The Global Story

Twenty-five years on from the deadliest terror attack in history, thousands of grieving families are still fighting for answers.

In early 2000, two young Saudis arrived in San Diego. They had never been to America, spoke almost no English, and had no idea how to open a bank account or rent a flat. Within weeks they had done all of it. Twenty months later they hijacked a plane and crashed it into the Pentagon.

The BBC’s Jane McMullen has been investigating a man who helped two of the hijackers – and has revealed a story that the US and Saudi governments have fought to keep secret.

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00:00 Introduction
01:07 The landlady and the hijackers
03:30 Omar al-Bayoumi, the man who helped the future hijackers
05:45 The FBI investigation into the hijackers
07:00 Bayoumi's arrest and police interview
10:00 Comparing his story to the landlady's
11:15 Bayoumi's links to the Saudi government and to extremists
16:10 What happens after Baymoumi's arrest?
17:35 Investigations by the 9/11 Commission
22:00 Families suing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
23:30 Saudi government's response