U.S. Wants to Interview Saudi Man on 9/11 (al-Bayoumi)

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ABCnews
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American and British investigators questioned al-Bayoumi immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks, but that was long before a congressional report last month that raised new questions about whether the Saudi royal family may have aided al-Qaida or the suicide hijackers, either intentionally or unwittingly.

According to the congressional report, while in San Diego al-Bayoumi threw a welcoming party for eventual hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, and put down money for their deposit and first month's rent.

Al-Bayoumi worked with a Saudi government aviation official whose son's picture was found on a computer disk along with pictures of many of the 19 hijackers, most of whom came from Saudi Arabia, the congressional report also said.

In the interview Sunday, al-Bayoumi said he had done nothing wrong. The Saudis deny he was an agent for the government there.

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