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Lawsuit by Relatives of 9/11 Victims Shakes Loose Name of Saudi 'Mystery Man'

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - Relatives of the victims of the 9/11 attacks who are suing
   Saudi Arabia for compensation obtained a coveted piece of information
   last week that they hope will strengthen their case.

   The FBI disclosed the name of a Saudi official who is believed to have
   helped two of the 19 hijackers who carried out the terror attacks in
   New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.

   The name, included in a 2012 FBI report on suspected Saudi ties to the
   terrorists, was released to lawyers representing the families of nearly
   3,000 victims of the worst act of terrorism on American soil.

   The mystery man allegedly tasked two other Saudis living in the Los
   Angeles area before the 9/11 attacks -- Omar al-Bayoumi and Fahad
   al-Thumairy -- to aid Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, who crashed
   American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.

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