The FBI reveals the identity of a Saudi official "associated" with the September 11 attacks

The FBI revealed )FBI) has appointed a Saudi official who would be linked to the attackers of 11 September 2001.

Prosecutors in New York said that Attorney General William Barr, in particular, provided the information to a lawyer representing the families of the victims who were suing the Saudi government.

Saudi Arabia has always denied any involvement in the attacks. The Saudi Embassy in Washington did not respond to this report.

The FBI said the report, prepared in 2012, only referred to the Saudi official as part of what he called "the opinion of the investigation".

The 2003 case received considerable momentum in 2016 when Congress passed a law facilitating the prosecution of foreign governments for their alleged involvement in terrorism.

Prosecutors are trying to extract elements of the 2012 FBI report that the agency was investigating Saudi officials, Omar al-Bayoumi and Fahd al-Thumairy, who had claimed that evidence had been provided by a police officer. unidentified third party who would have asked them to help the attackers.

According to the FBI, lawyers will recognize the name of the person, but his identity will remain confidential.

"The Saudis are about to weaken," said lawyers Don Milgore and Sean Carter, involved in the case.