A Saudi-led political campaign has been launched in the United States after Congress passed a law allowing September 11 victims' families to sue Riyadh in US courts.
The campaign includes paying American military veterans to visit Capitol Hill and warn lawmakers about what, they said, could be unintended consequences. Some of the recruited veterans said Saudi Arabia's government was largely paying for the effort, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Congress voted overwhelmingly for the law in September, overriding a veto by President Barack Obama. The law gives victims' families the right to sue any foreign country found to support a terrorist attack that kills US citizens on American soil. The veterans' lobbying effort began within a month after the vote. Soon, some 70 subcontractors were hired by a Washington-based lobbying and public relations firm that represents Saudi Arabia. Fifteen of the 19 September 11 hijackers were Saudis.
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