FBI accused of 'covering up Saudi Arabian links to 9/11'

The FBI has been accused of covered up alleged 'Saudi Arabian links' to the 9/11 attacks.

US newspaper the New York Post reports that the crime agency investigated claims that a prominent Saudi Arabian family had abruptly left the country weeks before 9/11.

Details of the investigation were kept from the Congressional committee that looked at the attacks, the newspaper says.

The abandoned home is said to have belonged to Esam Ghazzawi, an adviser to the nephew of the then Saudi King Fahd.

It was occupied by his daughter and son-in-law but they left the property in August 2001.

The apparently sudden departure back to Saudi Arabia – which reportedly saw new cars, luxury furniture, and refrigerators full of food left unattended – aroused suspicion with neighbours and triggered the investigation.

More: [link to www.independent.co.uk]