Recently surfaced 9/11 evidence was not shared with FBI field agents or top intelligence officials
By Cecilia Vega, August 24, 2025 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News
This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here.
Evidence has emerged that could change our understanding of the 9/11 terrorist attacks nearly 24 years ago.
The evidence was turned over to the FBI in the weeks after 9/11, but, as we first reported in April, it was never shared with the bureau’s own field agents or top intelligence officials. Why after all these years did this crucial information just surface?
The evidence came to light as part of a long-running lawsuit against the Saudi government by the families of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks, and it includes a chilling video of a Saudi national filming the U.S. Capitol.
A voice on the video says in Arabic, “I am transmitting these scenes to you from the heart of the American capital, Washington.”
This video, recorded in the summer of 1999, was unsealed in federal court last year as part of the 9/11 families lawsuit accusing Saudi Arabia of providing crucial support to the hijackers.
Exhibit A in their case: the man who made the video, Omar al-Bayoumi – who asked a bystander to film him in front of the Capitol.
The FBI says Bayoumi was living in the United States on a student visa and being paid by a Saudi aviation company in California – despite not showing up for classes or work. Investigators say, in fact, Bayoumi was an operative of the Saudi intelligence service and had close ties to two of the hijackers.
The video was filmed over several days.
Bayoumi recorded entrances and exits of the Capitol, security posts, a model of the building, and nearby landmarks.
Bayoumi points out the Washington monument and says, “I will get over there,” and “report to you in detail what is there.”
He also notes the airport is not far away.
Richard Lambert: What I see Bayoumi doing is going out and making a detailed video record of the Capitol from all its sides, and then conducting that 360 degree panoramic view.
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