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from the otherwise-we-could-be-both-goose-AND-gander dept.
President Obama plans to veto a bipartisan bill that would create an exception to the sovereign immunity doctrine, allowing victims of state-sponsored terrorism to sue foreign governments:
President Barack Obama will veto a bill that would allow terror victims of the attacks on September 11, 2001, to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House said Monday. "That's still the plan," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said when asked if the President planned to veto the bill. The White House had previously suggested Obama would not sign the bill when it first passed the Senate in May saying it would complicate diplomatic relations. [...] Lawmakers are expected to attempt to override the veto, and if successful, would mark the first time in Obama's presidency.
The bill passed in the House and Senate unanimously.
Also at The New York Times , Reuters.
S.2040 - Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
Previously: Saudi Arabia Threatens to Sell $750 Billion in US Assets If 9/11 Bill Passes
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Bot on Tuesday September 13 2016, @07:20PM
I would be surprised if saudis were treated as enemy. 9/11 gave the USA a free pass in the gulf, trillions spent in defense money, internal fascism, spiking oil prices. It's more a case of I scratch your back you scratch mine.
Terror acts are either: done by those already in charge to keep subjects in check, or, done by outsiders, with whatever irrelevant justification, to the effect of making people scared and pleading those already in charge to react. History books are there for your perusal.
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