(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The BBC has released new footage of Saudi intelligence agent and alleged CIA asset Omar al-Bayoumi—who was closely linked to two of the 9/11 hijackers—associating with Al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki.
The footage, which is being used as evidence in the long-running lawsuit from victims of 9/11, undercuts al-Bayoumi’s previous denials that he ever met al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who was controversially assassinated by a drone during the Obama administration. Additionally, the footage shows him going on a paintball trip with al-Bayoumi and other alleged extremists.
The FBI, which declined to comment to the BBC, received the above-mentioned evidence in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Questions have lingered since then why al-Bayoumi was never charged. In fact, British media outlet The Times revealed last year that the UK detained al-Bayoumi 10 days after the Twin Towers fell—but that the Justice Department told UK authorities to release him.
🚨New footage has been released of Saudi/CIA asset Omar al-Bayoumi–who was essentially the handler of 2 of 9/11 hijackers–associating with Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki.
al-Boyoumi had denied ever meeting al-Awlaki. https://t.co/MuX1qqRgur pic.twitter.com/c6O50Kl2CC
— Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) September 9, 2026
The Saudi Arabian government has long denied that it or al-Bayoumi had anything to do with 9/11. But revelations in recent years have cast doubts on those claims.
Those revelations include a long-suppressed video released in 2024, showing al-Bayoumi “casing” Capitol Hill in June 1999—months before al-Qaeda made the decision to include Washington DC in its terrorist plot. Numerous investigators believe the Capitol building was the target of Flight 93, which instead crashed in Pennsylvania.
Also in 2024, it was revealed that sketches plotting the 9/11 attack belonged to al-Bayoumi.
Families of 9/11 victims argue that al-Bayoumi operated under the directions of the Saudi Kingdom. Along with “casing” the Capitol, he allegedly served as the handler for two of the hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar.
Additionally, new evidence in recent years has suggested that not only was al-Bayoumi a Saudi agent; he was also an asset of the CIA. That information has been coming from the proceedings against 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay.
According to Office of Military Commissions investigator Don Canestraro, at least two FBI agents told him that the CIA had attempted to recruit two of the hijackers as informants. The CIA was directing its recruiting efforts through al-Bayoumi, according to Canestraro.
Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.
