Lawyers Representing Victims Of The 9/11 Attacks Ask For Time, Claims Of Saudi Involvement. - Lawyers representing victims of the 9/11 attacks asked a New York court to delay a deadline in their litigation so they can assess claims by Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called “20th hijacker,” that a member of the Saudi royal family helped him in his failed effort to participate in the terror plot. Moussaoui, in a handwritten letter to U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels in New York, said “I want to meet you and testify” about the involvement of the Saudi Bin Laden Group and other Saudi figures including members of the ruling al Saud family and the late Khalid bin Mahfouz, who founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and was widely accused of funding al Qaeda. Jerry Goldman, an attorney for 9/11 victims, said he and other members of the plaintiffs’ team traveled two weeks ago to ADX Florence, the “Supermax” prison in Colorado where Moussaoui is serving life without parole. Goldman said the Justice Dept. is reviewing the transcript of their meeting and until the government is done, he can’t discuss what was said — for obvious reasons. Radical lawyer Lynne Stewart was sentenced to 10 years in prison for relaying conversations with her client, the blind cleric Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, to compatriots overseas without government clearance. The case against the Saudi government, by victims and insurance companies that paid claims in the attack, was revived after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in September, which the Saudis again asked to dismiss, and a plaintiff response is due next week. “We asked the court for an extension because the DOJ wants to review certain documents,” Goldman said, including the transcript of the Moussaoui interview. “We believe the material is relevant to the proceedings of the court.” szaboservices/show/lawyers-representing-victims-of-the-911-attacks-ask-for-time-claims-of-saudi-involvement
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:21:25 +0000
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