Mark Mazzetti, NYT
Saudi officials have long denied that the kingdom had any role in the Sept. 11 plot, and the 9/11 Commission found no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded the organization. But critics have noted that the commissions narrow wording left open the possibility that less senior officials or parts of the Saudi government could have played a role. Suspicions have lingered, partly because of the conclusions of a 2002 congressional inquiry into the attacks that cited some evidence that Saudi officials living in the United States...
