After being stripped of his Ambassadorship in 2005 as a result of 9-11 investigations, what became of Prince Bandar Bush? Did the Saudi government hide him away? No. He was promptly made secretary general of the Saudi National Security Council, his position from 2005 until 2015, and was director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014.
According to the Wall Street Journal of Aug. 25, 2013, as director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency (2012-2014), Bandar was leading the effort to prop up the so-called Syrian rebels. "[I]ntelligence agents from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Jordan and other allied states were working at a secret joint operations center in Jordan to train and arm hand-picked Syrian rebels " Prince Bandar has been jetting from covert command centers near the Syrian front lines " seeking to undermine the Assad regime."
The evidence is very clear that Bandar's "hand-picked Syrian rebels" include al Nusra (the name for al Qaeda in Syria) as well as ISIS. As 28 pages champion Senator Bob Graham puts it: "Al-Qaeda was a creature of Saudi Arabia; " and now, ISIS is the latest creature! " ISIS is a product of Saudi ideals, Saudi money, and Saudi organizational support."
"Really what [Bandar's] doing is he's reprising a role that he played in the 1980s when he worked with the Reagan administration to arrange money and arms for Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan and also worked with the CIA in Nicaragua to [secretly and illegally] support the [terrorist] Contras," says Wall Street Journal reporter Adam Entous. "So in many ways this is a very familiar position for Prince Bandar, and it's amazing to see the extent to which veterans of the CIA were excited to see him come back --
Bandar's role in 9-11 is entirely in keeping with his long history of secretly supporting terrorists in coordination with parts of the U.S. Government.
The Wall Street Journal also reports that since being appointed Director of the CIA by Obama in Jan. 2013, "Mr. Brennan has been in periodic contact by phone with Prince Bandar." It does well to recognize that from 1996 to 1999, Brennan was CIA Chief of Station in Saudi Arabia, just before he was promoted to Chief of Staff to CIA Director George Tenet.
Part 2: THE ENDURING COVER-UP
Brennan is in the thick of the enduring cover-up. Back on May 1, Brennan appeared on NBC's Meet the Press to warn against release of the 28 pages. "I think some people may seize upon that uncorroborated, UNVETTED information that was in there that was basically just a collation of this information that came out of FBI files, and to point to Saudi involvement, which I think would be very, very inaccurate " I think the 9/11 commission took that joint inquiry and those 28 pages or so and followed through on the investigation. And they came out with a very clear judgment that there was no evidence that indicated that the Saudi government as an institution, or Saudi officials individually, had provided financial support to al Qaeda." Note his use of the word UNVETTED. According to Collins English Dictionary, this is a word that is used very rarely.
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