WI: 9/11 Connection With Saudi Arabia Established

What occurs if there is firm evidence to support the notion that agents acting rogue or otherwise for Saudi Arabia helped fund and aid the hijackers that took part in the 9/11 attacks?
 
That is OTL. KSA has never had full control over the Islamic Affairs Ministry since the 1980s.

However, if you mean this gets found out in the fall of 2001... I expect Bush to pull out all the stops to avoid a war with KSA, but public sentiment might be too strong. KSA would probably give a lot of concessions to avoid war. A lot. So you would need a President that is neocon enough to go to Saudi Arabia without caring about any oil connections. Joe Lieberman could always get the job via a hung college and death.
 
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That is OTL.

Quite. Not Government agents, probably, but certainly 'agents' who were Saudi citizens (like Osama bin Laden, and several of the hijackers).

Heck, even with Pakistan, there's pretty clear evidence the Intelligence service (at least) and Military (maybe) have been actively aiding and abetting the Taliban. Pakistan isn't nearly as important an ally to the US as the Saudis are, and no Saudi governmental involvement would reach the levels that OTL Pakistan reaches, so it's probably just all covered up.
 
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