Epstein Secrets

purpose). The Plaintiffs place great weight on the United States' inclusion of the "Golden Chain" in its proffer of evidence in United States v. Arnaout, the government's case against an executive of Defendant charity BIF. See Bierstein Aft at Ex. 1 (proffer). The court presiding over that case, ho

he relocated to Sudan in 1991. Ash- ton. Complaint 1 548; Burnett Complaint 1 317. For example, SBG, through two subsidiaries allegedly supported Osama bin Laden's participation in the construc- tion of the Tahaddi road and Port Sudan Airport. Ashton Complaint 111550; 552, 553; Burnett Complaint 111319-322.

e met with members of the Taliban and representa- tives of bin Laden and agreed to not extra- dite bin Laden or close terrorist camps in exchange for bin Laden’s protection of the II, 292 F.Supp.2d at 16. This Court has re- viewed these affidavits and agrees with Judge Robertson’s assessment. For example, one

what purpose). The Plaintiffs place great weight on the United States’ inclusion of the “Golden Chain” in its proffer of evidence in United States v. Arnaout, the government’s case against an executive of Defendant charity BIF. See Bierstein Aff. at Ex. 1 (proffer). The court presiding over that case, howe

. Batter- jee allegedly transferred control of BIF to Defendant Enaam M. Arnaout, on Septem- ber 15, 1997.28 Burnett Complaint 1183. In October 2001, Arnaout allegedly told Batterjee he was worried about being un- der scrutiny of the U.S. government and in January 2002, Batterjee requested that Aranout rel

RRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001., 2012 WL 257568 (2012) The Role of Ostensible Charities in al-Qaeda’s Growth and Development Consistent with bin Laden’s plan to adapt the infrastructure developed during the Afghan jihad to build a global terrorist movement, al-Qaeda relied on the network of charities

raid -- was relied upon by the Government in an Evidentiary Proffer of al-Qaeda sponsor, Enaam Arnaout, and also referenced and used as a resource in Arnaout’s sentencing hearing. See supra pp. 54-55 nn.85-86. It was cited in the 9/11 Commission’s Final Report in July 2004, see supra pp. 25-26 & n.8, and t