On June 17, 2004, the 9/11 Commission noted: “The issue of state sponsorship of terrorism was one that we confronted with several countries–Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Sudan–and with the Taliban. On Saudi Arabia…we found substantial support for al Qaeda–in money and manpower–from within the kingdom; we did not find official Saudi government support. On Pakistan, it was widely known that elements within Pakistani intelligence had ties to the Taliban and al Qaeda in the years leading up to 9/11. Later in our inquiry, we received a report that Iran may have facilitated the passage of some of the 9/11 hijackers, for instance by not stamping their passports; we did not find that Iran had foreknowledge of or participated in the 9/11 conspiracy.”
– Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, Without Precedent, Pages 249-250