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Discusses the Congressional report that was released from the U.S. government regarding the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Suggestion that two Saudi citizens were intelligence agents who were linked to the hijackers; Financial relationships between the Saudi government and terrorists Omar al-Bayoumi and Osama Bassnan; Role of a Muslim cleric in San Diego, California as a central figure in the terrorist support network; Investigation by officials from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush refused to declassify a chapter of a Congressional report on the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Reasons for Bush's decision, including his concern that it would compromise the administration's campaign against terrorism; Denouncement of the classified section of the report by the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, who denied complicity in the terrorist attacks; Request by several lawmakers for release of the material.

Discusses the details of the September 11, 2001 report, which states that Senior officials of Saudi Arabia have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to charitable groups that may have helped finance the terrorist attacks. Details of the 28-page section of the 900-page report; Role the foreign governments played in the hijackings; Refusal by the Bush administration to allow the contents of the chapter and the repercussions of this act.

Reports that leaders and operatives of Al Qaeda have reorganized bases of operations in a number of locations, including Kenya, Sudan, Pakistan, and Chechnya. Recruitment of new members by the terrorists, who are training their followers to attack Western targets; Arrests in the U.S. of two Arab men who were suspected of having been sent by Al Qaeda to scout targets for terror attacks; Suicide bombings in Morocco and Saudi Arabia, which seem to have been committed by members of Al Qaeda.

Discusses fears by U.S. and Saudi officials that Islamic militants were preparing a terrorist attack against Americans in Saudi Arabia. Increasing alarm which led up to the bombings in Riyadh; Indicators that terrorists were planning to strike; Belief of U.S. officials that the attacks were carried out by Al Qaeda and timed to coincide with U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's visit to U.S. focus on other possible Al Qaeda warnings.

Reports that a draft report by the joint U.S. Congressional committee looking into the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has concluded that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) did not aggressively pursue leads that might have linked the terrorists to Saudi Arabia. Allegation that authorities failed to investigate the possibility that two of the hijackers, Saudis Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaq Alhazmi, received Saudi money from two Saudi men in California; Criticism of the Saudi government for a lack of cooperation with American investigators; Effects of the report, including a dispute between the panel's staff and officials at the FBI and CIA; Number of the September 11th hijackers who were Saudi citizens; Rebuttal report by the FBI.

Reports that a United States federal grand jury has indicted several Saudi Arabians and one Lebanese man in the 1996 truck bombing of the Khobar Towers apartment building in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 U.S. airmen. Comment from U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft that the accused belonged to Hezbollah; Political and personal involvement of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Louis J. Freeh in the case; History of the case.

Reports that a United States investigation of the 1996 terrorist bombing that killed 19 US airmen in Saudi Arabia has collapsed over disagreements with the Saudis. Withdrawal of investigators from the scene of the bombing; Complications presented by implications of Iranians in the attack; Response of victims' family members to the failure of the investigation.

Reports that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have been sent to Pakistan to investigate a bombing. Information on search for connection to bombing in Saudi Arabia; Details on investigations; Statistics on reward for information.

Reports the comments of Attorney General Janet Reno, that Saudi Arabia failed to cooperate in the investigation into the June 1996 terrorist bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Death of 19 American airmen in the bombing; The abrupt shift in Clinton Administration policy that these comments represent; Reno's assertion that the Saudi government had failed to turn over important information from the investigation.

Informs that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has pulled out of a joint Saudi-American investigation into the June 1996 bombing of United States military housing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Pull-out from Al Khobar Towers case due to strains in relationship between FBI and Saudi security forces; Saudis' initial pledge of complete cooperation; Reasons why the Saudis reneged, including fear of exposing internal divisions; Comments by FBI Director Louis Freeh.

Reports on a reversed decision made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), that it would keep officials on the June, 1996, bombing case in Saudi Arabia. Original decision made by the FBI; Reason for its reversed decision; Details on the bombing.

Reports that on November 1st, 1996, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) pulled out of a team of agents sent to investigate a bombing in June, 1996, that killed 19 American airmen at their military housing in Dharan, Saudi Arabia. Reasons the FBI pulled out of the investigation; Withholding of information from FBI officials by Saudi officials; Comments from Defense Secretary William J. Perry.

Reports on Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Louis J. Freeh's trip to Saudi Arabia for private meetings with investigators of the truck bomb blast that killed 19 Americans in June 1996. State Department's offer of a $2 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible; Supplement to the reward offered by the Saudis.

Reports that suspect Hani Abdel Rahim Hussein al-Sayegh said on July 7, 1997 that documents show he was in Iran when a 1996 bombing in Saudi Arabia killed 19 United States servicemen and injured about 500 people. Law enforcement officials suspecting Sayegh of being the driver and lookout in the attack on the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dhahran; Excerpts of an interview with Sayegh.

Reports on an announcement made by Hani Abdel Rahim al-Sayegh, a Saudi Arabian, who was detained in Canada in connection with the 1996 bombing of the Dhahran complex in Saudi Arabia. His statement in connection to American authorities' investigation of the bombing; His hints of a possible deal with the United States government; Information on the bombing, which killed 19 Americans.