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Tucker Carlson: “By using the Saudis as a proxy to recruit the 911 hijackers…”

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The 9/11 Files: The CIA's Secret Mission Gone Wrong | Ep 1

Published September 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 18:44

That the money was being funneled from accounts at Riggs bank in Georgetown belonging to Haifa Bin Faisal, the wife of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. By using the Saudis as a proxy to recruit the 911 hijackers, the CIA gave itself cover. If things went wrong, they could push a narrative that blamed the Saudi government for the attacks, which is what they did. (18:44–18:50)

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Asserts that the CIA used Saudi proxies to recruit hijackers, providing plausible deniability.

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