Epstein Secrets

2001 attacks made prima fade showing of personal jurisdiction over bank chairman in Antiterrorism Act (ATA) action, by al- leging, inter alia, that Department of Treasury designated him as Specially Des- ignated Global Terrorist, and that he was involved in United States operations of designated terrorist organizatio

rovided support to al Qaeda in their offi- cial capacities as members of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. Federal Com- plaint 111426-464. 4. National Commercial Bank NCB was established in 1950 by Salim bin Mahfouz, the father of Defendant Khalid bin Mahfouz, as the lust commer- cial bank of Saudi Arabia. Ashto

ismiss the Federal complaint. Finally, Defendant National Commercial Bank (“NCB”) moves for reconsideration of this Court’s

rrorist,’ frozen his assets, and named him “one of the founders of al Qaeda.” (Ashton Compl. J 304; Burnett Compl. § 255; Federal Compl. Ff 117, 91.) The Treasury Department “characterized [him] as having ‘directed organizations that have provided financial and logistical support to al-Qa-ida, [he] is the logistics chief

Barzinji’s motion to dismiss the Federal complaint is denied, but the RICO, TVPA, intentional tort, and negligence claims against him are dismissed. National Commercial Bank’s motion to reconsider the Court’s January 18 opinion and order is granted to the extent that it requests the Court to consider its personal jurisdicti

5-25 -23~—s -20 -19 25-26 Other assets -4 “1-11-10 11-1 -11 -11— 11 memo: Identified Saudi Arabian and Middle Eastern holdings in the US Saudi Arabia US Treasury (UST) holdings 51 46 8 69 68 £76 80 91 109 Long-term securities 50 45 82 68 67 74 78 88 107 Short-term securities 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 Saudi Arabia hold

d Services Travel Saudi Arabian Airline: 52.5%; National Aviation: 14.7% 30.0% 0.4 0.0 Saudi Real Estate Company Realestate PIF: 64.57% 35.5% 0.1 0.0 National Commercial Bank (NCB) Banks PIF: 44.3%; GOSI: 10%; PPA: 10.04% 35.7% 0.0 9.5 Maaden Mining PIF: 49.99%; GOSI: 7.98%; PPA: 7.45% 34.6% 0.0 5.9 Samba Banks PIF: 22.91%

of September 11, 2001 attacks stated cause of action against bank chairman under Antiterrorism Act (ATA), in that allegations and his designation by Department of Treasury as Specially Des- ignated Global Terrorist were sufficient to HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017843 --- PAGE BREAK --- IN RE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2

provided support to al Qaeda in their offi- cial capacities as members of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. Federal Com- plaint 19 426464. 4. National Commercial Bank NCB was established in 1950 by Salim bin Mahfouz, the father of Defendant Khalid bin Mahfouz, as the first commer- cial bank of Saudi Arabia. Ashton

f of Counterterrorism Operations Vincent Cannistraro affirmed that “[t]here is little doubt that a financial conduit to bin Laden was handled through the National Commercial Bank, until the Saudi government finally arrested a number of persons and closed down the channel. It was evident that several wealthy Saudis were funneli

ed to as “Arnaout Evidentiary Proffer”); R.963, Ex. 1, pp. 4-5, 7-8, 10-11 (1996 CIA Report); R.209, Exs. 1 and 2 (June 2004 Press Releases issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding the WESTLAW HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023409 --- PAGE BREAK --- In re: TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) 20 21 2