Espionage
CIA Director Threatened Saudi Officials Over 9/11 Help or Face Mass Killings
Theo Von
#661 - John Kiriakou
"The only time I ever saw George Tenet, who was the CIA director at the time, the only time I ever saw George completely lose his shit was in a meeting with Prince Bandar. He said, 'If we don't start getting help from the Saudi government on this case, we're gonna start killing people, a lot of people, and some of them are gonna be named Al Saud.'"
Kiriakou recounted witnessing CIA Director George Tenet threaten the Saudi ambassador with assassination of Saudi royal family members if cooperation on the 9/11 investigation was not forthcoming. This rare display of rage from Tenet occurred after evidence emerged linking Saudi officials to the hijackers, revealing the intensity of suspicion toward America's ostensible ally in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.
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