Russ Baker

New York City Mayor Eric Adams can’t keep the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf Tour out of the city, but he can become a big-name booster of the theory that the kingdom had something to do with 9/11. Photo credit: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York / Flickr (CC BY 2.0) and Steve Gardner / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

You could be forgiven for missing it, but in the depths of the dog days of August, with most everyone’s attention on the long Labor Day weekend, New York City Mayor Eric Adams dropped what can be interpreted as tacit acknowledgement that the government of Saudi Arabia — or at least, agents of the government — may have participated in the planning and execution of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Adams, who was a NYPD lieutenant in 2001 and worked a security detail at the World Trade Center wreckage that night, said he legally could not do anything. The Trump golf course is Trump’s; Trump can welcome anyone there he likes. 

But then, instead of dismissing the 9/11 families’ specific concerns, Adams platformed them.

From a statement issued by Adams’s office on Friday, September 1 (emphasis mine):

I appreciated the opportunity to hear firsthand from the 9/11 community about what they have learned about these attacks in just the last few months since the Biden administration declassified thousands of documents. They were clear that they believe the new documents link members of the Saudi government directly to the hijackers, and my administration will closely review this information. They also made clear that the fight isn’t over, and we must continue seeking accountability for those who participated in these attacks.

Finally it is outrageous that the Trump organization agreed to host a tournament with this organization while knowing how much pain it would cause New Yorkers.

On Thursday, August 30, Adams met at New York City Hall with members of three advocacy groups representing 9/11 survivors and victims’ families. Alarmed by an October stop of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour at the Trump Organization-owned Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx — and convinced by recently declassified information that Saudi Arabian intelligence officials assisted al-Qaeda — the groups asked Adams to block the tournament. 

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Via https://russbaker.substack.com/p/nyc-mayor-breathes-life-into-saudi