9/11 Family Members Slam 'Fix' as a Stab in the Back
The 9/11 Advocates Group is accusing Sen. Lindsey Graham (R SC) of stabbing them in the back today after he and Sen. John McCain (R AZ) unveiled what they are called a fix to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), a bill which aimed to allow the 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for backing al-Qaeda ahead of the attack..
While the Saudis lobbied heavily against the bill, and threatened to collapse the US economy over it, it passed easily earlier this year, though even back then Republican leadership was openly talking about gutting the bill after the November election. The elections gone, and if the fix has its way, so are the lawsuits
Thats because the fix requires plaintiffs to prove the Saudis knew and were directly financing the terrorist organization itself. Since the 9/11 Reports 28 pages show the funding was all done through a convoluted route, it would effectively end any chance of legal repercussions for the Saudis.
Which of course is the point, though Graham insists that what hes really concerned about is that the existing bill which allows lawsuits over stuff the Saudis actually did, might also open the US up to lawsuits over the many, many things theyve done.
That of course has been the administrations beef with the bill all along, with officials arguing that it is a dangerous precedent to set that countries can be sued for overt crimes against civilians, since the US is intervening so heavily abroad.
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Sponsors of Terrorism
D&R radical Islamic Saudi Israeli Terrorists, celebrating 9/11.