Unsealed 9/11 Evidence Raises Questions About Investigation Gaps

Recently unsealed evidence in a federal lawsuit against Saudi Arabia has revealed that critical information about the 9/11 attacks was not properly shared with FBI field agents or top intelligence officials. The evidence includes surveillance videos of the U.S. Capitol recorded by Omar al-Bayoumi, a Saudi national who the FBI claims was an operative of Saudi intelligence with connections to two 9/11 hijackers. Former CIA counterterrorism analyst Gina Bennett and former FBI officials have expressed concern that this evidence was not made available to investigators at the time.