Judge Declares Iran 'Legally Responsible' for 9/11

Two days before Christmas 2011, while everyone was lost in the hustle and bustle of the season and making a last dash for gifts, U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels declared that Iran was “legally responsible for damages to hundreds of family members of 9/11 victims.” In the historic decision in Havlish, et al. v. bin Laden, et al., Daniels ruled that “Iran and Hezbollah materially and directly supported al Qaeda in the September 11, 2001 attacks.” Yet, here we are, months later, with the Obama administration not only refusing to hold Iran to account for these things but actually playing the devil’s advocate for them by trying to keep nations like Israel from doing what they must do in order to prevent Iran from carrying out a potential nuclear strike. CLICK TO READ MORE