FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: Lyons Publishing "Culprits in the September 11 attacks—including, perhaps, the Saudi government—have escaped a full reckoning, according to this meticulous exposé. Historian McMillan (Flight 93) investigates Fahad al-Thumairy and Omar al-Bayoumi, two Saudi men then living in California who had extensive ties to both the Saudi Foreign Ministry and the 9/11 hijackers. The roles of al-Thumairy and al-Bayoumi—the latter, for instance, helped two hijackers rent an apartment in San Diego and fronted them money—have been downplayed by American officials wary of jeopardizing Saudi-U.S. relations, McMillan contends, but he notes that they are the basis for an ongoing lawsuit against the Saudi government by 9/11 victims’ families. McMillan also probes the labyrinthine case against five accused al-Qaeda militants still imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. Despite glaring evidence against them, the military tribunal has dragged on for decades because they were subjected to torture, including beatings and waterboarding, at CIA black sites, which fatally taints the prosecution case. McMillan follows the efforts of the 9/11 families to break the logjam by lobbying for a trial, weaving their battle into a gripping account of the 9/11 atrocities and their endless legal aftermath. The result is an engrossing mix of investigative reporting and courtroom drama that raises tantalizing questions about the crime of the century."
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