# Did the FBI bury evidence of an alleged Saudi agent’s role in 9/11?

https://mins.news/en/item/47951

- BBC News, 2026-09-07 06:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ce8e151n56po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Videos obtained by the BBC show that Omar al-Bayoumi, at the centre of a lawsuit by 9/11 families against Saudi Arabia, had extensive links to Saudi officials and went paintballing with a future al-Qaeda leader. The material challenges his 25-year denials that he was an extremist or Saudi spy. Bayoumi and Saudi Arabia did not comment, while the FBI declined to respond.

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