On November 27, 2001, “the Toronto Star reviewed the intricate interplay of oil politics, Saudi Arabia, and al Qaeda, and commented: ‘Earlier this month, the Guardian, a U.K. newspaper, reported that FBI agents had been told by the Bush administration to back off investigating members of the bin Laden clan living in the U.S. In September, the Wall Street Journal documented the lucrative business connections between the bin Laden family and senior U.S. Republicans, including the president’s father, George Bush, Sr.’ ”
– Peter Dale Scott, The Road to 9/11, Page 176