The 9/11 evidence we buried didn’t protect us —it weakened us
Terry Strada, widow of a 9/11 victim and national chair of 9/11 Families United, has spent years seeking suppressed evidence about the attacks that killed her husband. Newly revealed documents show Saudi officials may have facilitated the hijackers, including surveillance of key sites and financial support. A federal judge allowed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia to proceed in 2025, more than two decades after the attacks.
- ▪Terry Strada watched a courtroom video in 2024 showing Omar al-Bayoumi conducting surveillance of the U.S. Capitol, evidence withheld for over 20 years.
- ▪Omar al-Bayoumi co-signed a lease, opened a bank account, and deposited nearly $10,000 for two 9/11 hijackers upon their arrival in California.
- ▪A declassified FBI report confirmed Bayoumi was paid by the Saudi General Intelligence Presidency.
- ▪In 2003, Saudi intelligence requested that Bayoumi be exonerated before the 9/11 Commission Report was published, leading to the removal of damaging material.
- ▪A federal judge ruled in August 2025 that a lawsuit by 9/11 families against Saudi Arabia could proceed to trial.
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Opinion The 9/11 evidence we buried didn’t protect us —it weakened us By Tali Gillette Published May 3, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET On July 31, 2024, Terry Strada sat in a courtroom in lower Manhattan and watched the faces of two terrorists who carried out the attacks that killed her husband and nearly 3,000 others. Tom Strada went to work on the morning of Sept.11, 2001, and never came home. He died on the 104th floor of the North Tower. In the years since, his widow has done what the government would not: pursue the full truth of who facilitated the attacks that killed him. As national chair of 9/11 Families United, Terry has navigated classification battles, diplomatic stonewalls, and the particular cruelty of a system that mourns publicly and conceals privately.
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