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Graham book: Inquiry into 9/11, Saudi ties blocked
WASHINGTON - Two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers had a support network in the
United States that included agents of the Saudi government, and the Bush
administration and FBI blocked a congressional investigation into that
relationship, Sen. Bob Graham wrote in a book to be released Tuesday.

The discovery of the financial backing of the two hijackers ''would draw a
direct line between the terrorists and the government of Saudi Arabia, and
trigger an attempted coverup by the Bush administration,'' the Florida Democrat
wrote.

And in Graham's book, Intelligence Matters, obtained by The Herald Saturday, he
makes clear that some details of that financial support from Saudi Arabia were
in the 27 pages of the congressional inquiry's final report that were blocked
from release by the administration, despite the pleas of leaders of both
parties on the House and Senate intelligence committees.

Graham also revealed that Gen. Tommy Franks told him on Feb. 19, 2002, just
four months after the invasion of Afghanistan, that many important resources --
including the Predator drone aircraft crucial to the search for Osama bin Laden
and al Qaeda leaders -- were being shifted to prepare for a war against Iraq.