Keeping Secrets for the National Security States of America

Proximity to power is intoxicating.

The desire to gain power leads people to run for political office or to help others do so.

At the base level of politics, the allocation of government spending by a township in line-item budgets is the source of secrecy through misdirection. If you want your kids shoveling the snow in town, you get acquainted with the guys who have that contract from their township, county, or federal procurement source.

Once you reach a higher level of politics, the degree of secrecy permitted and the green light for criminality are justified by claiming the actions were taken “in the interest of national security.”

A Secret Worth Exploring

Why did Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates face no consequences for 9/11?

The events of September 11, 2001, are shrouded in secrecy, particularly why the United States went to war with Iraq and Afghanistan, while none of the hijackers were from these two countries.

Until July 15, 2016, days before the RNC Convention and within the final six months before the Presidential Election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Part IV: Finding, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive National Security Matters was a secret from the American people.

That document was so heavily redacted as to be useless for people of normal literacy. Bandar bin Sultan al Saud funded Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, using Omar al-Bayoumi to arrange their flight lessons and housing.

In April 2020, Attorney General William Barr, whose father hired Jeffrey Epstein to teach at a school, invoked the state-secrets privilege to block further release of documents related to potential Saudi ties to the 9/11 hijackers. Barr’s Justice Department argued that declassifying these records “would imperil national security.”

PERPETRATOR	COUNTRY OF ORIGIN	FLIGHT
Mohamed Atta	Egypt	American Airlines Flight 11
Abdulaziz al-Omari	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 11
Wail al-Shehri	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 11
Waleed al-Shehri	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 11
Satam al-Suqami	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 11
Marwan al-Shehhi	United Arab Emirates	United Airlines Flight 175
Fayez Banihammad	United Arab Emirates	United Airlines Flight 175
Mohand al-Shehri	Saudi Arabia	United Airlines Flight 175
Hamza al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia	United Airlines Flight 175
Ahmed al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia	United Airlines Flight 175
Hani Hanjour	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 77
Khalid al-Mihdhar	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 77
Majed Moqed	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 77
Nawaf al-Hazmi	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 77
Salem al-Hazmi	Saudi Arabia	American Airlines Flight 77
Ziad Jarrah	Lebanon	United Airlines Flight 93
Ahmed al-Haznawi	Saudi Arabia	United Airlines Flight 93
Ahmed al-Nami	Saudi Arabia	United Airlines Flight 93
Saeed al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia	United Airlines Flight 93