The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Report says U.S. allies aided al-Qaida:
From 1998 through 2000, Clinton administration officials pressured Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to help force the Taliban to surrender bin Laden and to crack down on the ever-growing presence of al-Qaida in the two countries. But both governments refused to sever diplomatic relations with the Taliban or help investigate al-Qaida’s growing empire, officials said.
The Clinton administration also learned that Taliban efforts to extort cash from Saudi Arabia “may have paid off,” a commission report states.
The wingnuts and freepers will still find some way to say Clinton is to blame for Al Qaida’s power.
It looks more and more like Saudi Arabia is as much or more of a threat to the stability of the Middle East than Saddam was. At least with him, you knew where you stood: the Saudis seem to play both ends against the middle at every opportunity.