# 9/11 and Omsama Bin Laden's Mother?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 16, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-and-omsama-bin-ladens-mother/245341 "2004-05-16T00:04:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-and-omsama-bin-ladens-mother/245341/21 "2004-05-18T04:19:03Z")

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> The Bush administration has refused to answer repeated requests from the Sept. 11 commission about who authorized flights of Saudi Arabian citizens, including members of Osama bin Laden’s family, from the United States immediately after the attacks of 2001.
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> Former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.), vice chairman of the independent, bipartisan commission, disclosed the administration’s refusal to answer questions on the sensitive subject during a recent closed-door meeting with a group of Democratic senators, according to several Democratic sources.

[Who let bin Ladens leave U.S.?](http://www.hillnews.com/news/051804/binladen.aspx)

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