On September 12, 2001, “America was grounded…for forty-eight hours, virtually no one could fly. No one, that is, except for the Saudis. …Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, was orchestrating the exodus of more than 140 Saudis scattered throughout the country. They included members from two families: One was the Royal House of Saud, the family that ruled the kingdom of Saudi Arabia…The other family was the Sauds’ close friends and allies, the bin Ladens, who in addition to owning a multibillion-dollar construction conglomerate had spawned the notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden.”
– Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 2