Families of 9/11 Victims Demand Transparency Over Alleged Saudi Role in Attacks

By Aaron Katersky, Lucien Bruggeman and Bill Hutchinson | ABC News

Families of Sept. 11 victims asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to order the government to release documents they say tie the Saudi Arabian government to the plot to hijack airplanes and crash them into New York and D.C.

After 90 minutes of legal questioning over the fate of their lawsuit against the Saudi government, families of the 9/11 victims seemed hopeful that a panel of appellate judges would allow their case to move forward and to continue pursuing evidence about the Kingdom’s role in the attacks. 

“[The judges] were not buying what [Saudi Arabia] were selling,” said Terry Strada, whose husband was killed in the attacks and who publicly called on the Trump administration last month to support their efforts. “This was a very good day for us.”

The Saudis want the case thrown out, claiming they have immunity from civil litigation as a sovereign foreign government despite Congress enacting a law nearly a decade ago meant to grant victims of terrorism the opportunity to sue alleged state sponsors of terrorism. 

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