9/11 commission member says Saudi officials 'supported' hijackers

A former member of the US commission into the September 11, 2001, attacks says he believes there is clear evidence that Saudi officials provided support for the hijackers who carried out the attacks.

According to the Guardian, John H. Lehman, a New York investment banker and former Navy secretary under Ronald Reagan, says Saudi government employees were part of a support network for the terrorists, and calls on the Obama administration to quickly declassify a Congressional report on Saudi ties to the attack.

“There was an awful lot of participation by Saudi individuals in supporting the hijackers, and some of those people worked in the Saudi government,” the Guardian quotes Lehman as saying.