article_snippet.sent: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is facing accusations that The Federal Bureau of Investigation is 'whitewashing' possible Saudi Arabian involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
article_snippet.sent: A commission designed to review evidence about the world-changing bombings has not delved into an FBI agent's claims that a Saudi Florida family had ties to the hijackers after Agency said that FBI agent's report was 'unsubstantiated'.
article_snippet.sent: The FBI's handling of reports about a Saudi family fleeing Florida two weeks before the 9/11 terrorist attacks has raised suspicion that Agency is whitewashing any involvement by the Middle Eastern country .
article_snippet.sent: The 9/11 Commission wrote that 'The FBI told the Review Commission that the [FBI report] on which the news article was based was "poorly written" and wholly unsubstantiated...' 'When questioned later by others in The FBI, the special agent who wrote [it] was unable to provide any basis for the contents of the document or explain why At least one 'family member' wrote the document as At least one 'family member' did'.
article_snippet.sent: the Review Commission said The FBI claimed The FBI 'found no evidence that connected the family members in the Miami Herald article to any of the 9/11 hijackers, nor was there any connection found between the family and the 9/11 plot'.
article_snippet.sent: The FBI's dismissal of the report has led some to question whether the agency is covering up evidence of possible Saudi backing for 9/11.
article_snippet.sent: The FBI told the 9/11 Review Commission that the original report about the Sarasota family's connections was unsubstantiated.
article_snippet.sent: The recent Review Commission, which was created by Congress last year to look into evidence not considered by The FBI, said there was 'no evidence' that Saudi officials were involved.
highlights_snippet.sent: Agency now says report 'poorly written' and 'unsubstantiated'
  9/11 Review Commission accepted FBI verdict, did not interview agent .
  