Obama opposed to 9/11 bill that allows Americans to sue Saudi

April 19, 2016 20:21

President Barack Obama today opposed the Congressional legislation bill that would allow 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, arguing that this would expose the US to similar lawsuits in other countries, hours after White House threatened to veto the proposal.

"I'm opposed...this is not just a bilateral US-Saudi issue. This is a matter of how generally the United States approaches our interactions with other countries," Obama told CBS News.

"If we open up the possibility that individuals in the United States can routinely start suing other governments, then we are also opening up the United States to being continually sued by individuals in other countries," he said.

Authored by Senators John Cornyn and Charles Schumer, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act would allow victims of the September 11, 2001, massacre and other attacks to sue nations supporting terrorism. Obama said the 28-unreleased pages of the 9/11 report would be released soon.

"Hopefully that this process will come to a head fairly soon," he said.

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