“Plans by Saudi Arabia to fly a group of its citizens home from Washington this week [mid-September 2001] have raised early concerns among some law enforcement officials about Saudi cooperation in the investigation of last week’s terrorist attacks. The tension has arisen because some of the 19 hijackers named in the attacks appear to have had ties to Saudi Arabia, though much of that information is sketchy and, the Saudis say, could simply indicate that some hijackers stole identities.”
– Christopher Drew and Judith Miller, “Washington Concerned by Moves of Saudis,” The New York Times, Sep. 19, 2001