For 14 years, 28 pages of the 2002 Joint Intelligence Committee report were classified. When declassified in 2016, they revealed Omar al-Bayoumi — a frequent Saudi consulate visitor — provided 'significant logistical support' and financial assistance to hijackers al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar in California. While the 9/11 Commission found no evidence the Saudi government 'as an institution' funded al-Qaeda, the individual connections raised serious questions about Saudi complicity.