The victims' relatives regard that missing evidence as potentially crucial in proving their premise that the Saudi kingdom was complicit in the attacks. That thesis forms the basis of a pending federal lawsuit in New York, though U.S. investigations have not conclusively established such a link.
"The FBI has a duty to retain its 9/11 evidence and has sophisticated computer systems to maintain its files and run searches on them," says the complaint, which was filed on behalf of more than 3,500 victims' relatives, first responders and survivors. "A routine search must be able to locate critical documents from the most serious criminal investigation ever conducted by the FBI.
The Justice Department revealed last month that the FBI had recently concluded an investigation that examined certain 9/11 hijackers and potential co-conspirators, and that it would now work to see if it could share information that it had previously determined could not be disclosed. The complaint urges Inspector General Michael Horowitz to "examine whether one or more FBI officials committed willful misconduct with intent to destroy or secrete evidence to avoid its disclosure."
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