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Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center was, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)

Saudi Arabia seeks dismissal of claims it supported the Sept. 11 hijackers

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

This July 9, 2019, file photo shows pedestrians walking across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. Twitter says it has removed nearly 6,000 accounts it has deemed tied to a state-backed information operation in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Ex-Twitter employee gets sentenced to three-plus years for spying on behalf of Saudi government

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. At a diplomatic summit last week in Saudi, Biden sought to repair ties strained over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

Is Biden trying to overthrow Saudi Arabia’s government?

By Brandon J. Weichert

This photo made available by Danah al-Mayouf, shows prominent Saudi critic and women's rights advocate Danah al-Mayouf in April 2022, in New York City, where she has sought asylum since fleeing Saudi Arabia. Al-Mayouf is one of several Saudi women named in a complaint unsealed last month in federal court in Brooklyn, alleging she was harassed by a Saudi man who has now been arrested on charges of lying to federal officials about using a fake Instagram account to bully critics of the kingdom in the U.S. and Canada. (AP Photo)

Arrest of Saudi for lying to FBI shows kingdom’s reach in US

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, smoke billows from World Trade Center Tower 1 and flames explode from Tower 2 as it is struck by United Airlines Flight 175, in New York. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong, File)

9/11 families: New details raise concerns about Saudi links to attacks

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco and stock market officials celebrate the debut of Aramco's initial public offering on the Riyadh Stock Market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Aramco paid the Saudi government 30% less in taxes in 2020, the company reported Monday, March 22, 2021, as the region’s largest economy grapples with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices. Despite Aramco’s steep losses, the company managed to keep its dividend pledge to shareholders by taking on a ballooning amount of debt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi oil giant Aramco reports 30% drop in payments to state

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, Jeff Bezos attends the premiere of &quot;The Post&quot; at The Newseum in Washington. United Nations experts on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 have called for &quot;immediate investigation&quot; by the United States into information they received that suggests that Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked after receiving a file sent from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's WhatsApp account. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)

Saudi crown prince’s WhatsApp linked to Bezos phone hack

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

This July 9, 2019, file photo shows pedestrians walking across the street from the Twitter office building in San Francisco. Twitter says it has removed nearly 6,000 accounts it has deemed tied to a state-backed information operation in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - This July 9, 2019, file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. The Saudi government recruited two Twitter employees to get personal account information of their critics, prosecutors said Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

The Latest: Twitter spying case shows insider risks

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The Latest: Twitter: Tools protect sensitive accounts

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Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, center, D-Hawaii, talks to Kaitlyn, left and her mother Terry Strada whose father Tom died during the terrorist attack on 9/11 during a news conference at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Tulsi Gabbard: Release documents related to Saudis and 9/11

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, listens as family members of victims of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 speak during a news conference at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Tulsi Gabbard: Release Saudi Arabia 9/11 documents

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Plumes of smoke pour from the World Trade Center buildings in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Planes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday in a horrific scene of explosions and fires that left gaping holes in the 110-story buildings. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Saudi official in 9/11 FBI report will have name disclosed by U.S.

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 18, 2019, file photo, a sign for the Department of Justice hangs in the press briefing room at the Justice Department, in Washington. The U.S. will disclose the name of a Saudi citizen sought by lawyers for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks who want to link the kingdom to the terrorist plot. The Justice Department said in a court filing Thursday, Sept. 12, that it will disclose the name to lawyers for survivors and victims’ relatives. It will also be provided to lawyers for the Saudi government. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US to disclose name of Saudi sought by 9/11 victims

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The family of a dual Saudi-U.S. citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for more than a year are claiming that he has been subjected to routine torture and is on the verge of an emotional breakdown. In seeking to publicize the issue, the family will have to contend with the extremely tight public relationship between Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, popularly referred to as MBS. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Family claims dual Saudi-US citizen detained and tortured

By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

Report: Saudi students disappear while facing Oregon charges

By SHANE DIXON KAVANAUGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, students walk past the &quot;Great Dome&quot; atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass. An MIT review of the school's ties to Saudi Arabia has concluded that it should not break with the kingdom following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

MIT report recommends against cutting ties with Saudi Arabia

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met on Tuesday with Saudi Arabia's King Salman over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two weeks ago during a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)

As an oil giant, Saudi threats against US loom large

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2018, file photo, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon in Washington. In a kingdom once ruled by an-ever aging rotation of elderly monarchs, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stands out as a youthful face of a youthful nation. But behind a carefully coiffed public-relations operation highlighting images of him smiling in meetings with the world’s top business executives and leaders like President Donald Trump, a darker side lurks as well.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Saudi Arabia rejects ‘threats’ over Jamal Khashoggi after Trump warning sinks stock market

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 17, 2017 file photo, smoke rises from a coalition airstrike which attacked an Islamic State militant position, on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria. The U.S. says an American detained by U.S. forces was carrying thumb drives containing bomb-making files and documents describing work he did for the Islamic State group at the time he surrendered in Syria last year. The government's justification for holding the detainee without charge is part of documents filed late Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in federal court. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

US says detainee studied in Louisiana, became IS fighter

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press