The new legal chapter on Sept 11th has 259 pages, dozens of defendants and one goal: bankrupting terrorism. A $100-trillion-dollar lawsuit filed yesterday in a U.S.District Court by over 600 relatives of victims aims at those they hold responsible for financing Osama Bin Laden. Named in the case: Saudi Arabian princes, banks and charities… the government of Sudan and more. It’s modeled on the seemingly successful case against Libya for the Lockerbie bombing inspired by billion – dollar settlements forced from Big Tobacco. It’s another blast against America’s alliance with Saudi Arabia and a new stage for exploring how nine-eleven came to happen. Big terrorism – deep pockets.
Guests:
Allan Gerson, co-counselor for the plaintiffs in the Saudi case, and author of the new book “The Price of Terror: How the Families of the Victims of Pan Am 103 Brought Libya to Justice”
Alan Dershowitz, law professor at Harvard University and author of the new book “Why Terrorism Works.”