SAUDI LAWSUIT MOVES FORWARD by Terry Strada . The  9/11 families’ evidence , amassed over years of investigation, points to real and troubling connections between Saudi government officials, imams , state-run institutions and the 19 Islamist hijackers who murdered nearly 3,000 innocent Americans. Twenty-four years after September 11, we still live with the pain of that day. The loss, the unanswered questions, and the long road to (Saudi)  accountability are ever-present. The least our government can do is stand with its own citizens before standing with those who helped bring that pain to our shores. The Saudi government gave extensive support to Osama bin Laden before 9/11, and perhaps even directly to the 9/11 plotters themselves, as the US government looked the other way.  The Saudi lawsuit, which has been in court for over 20 years, was allowed to move forward after Congress passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) in 2016, overriding a pre...