It took only five months for the feds to reveal that a Saudi airman who killed three men at a Pensacola, Fla., naval base had communicated with Al Qaeda before the shooting.
It took nearly two decades — and a stunning mistake by the FBI — to reveal the name of a Saudi official suspected of helping the 9/11 hijackers.
Attorney General William Barr’s personal handling of the two cases, which both carry major implications for U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia, have outraged some families of 9/11 victims fighting in court to learn more about Riyadh’s suspected role in the 2001 attacks.