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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/01/opinion/01UNGE.html
The Great Escape
(New York Times) Craig Unger - Just after 9/11, 142 Saudis - two dozen of whom were members of the bin Laden family - were permitted to depart on six charter flights. According to newly released documents, 160 Saudis also left the U.S. on 55 commercial airline flights immediately after 9/11 - making a total of about 300 people who left. Prince Ahmed bin Salman, who has been accused of being an intermediary between al-Qaeda and the House of Saud, boarded one of the evacuation planes in Kentucky. If the 9/11 commission dares to address this issue, it will undoubtedly be accused of politicizing one of the most important national security investigations in American history. But if it does not, it risks the betrayal of the thousands of people who lost their lives that day, not to mention millions of others who want the truth.