FW: Litigation Against KSA

From:esepp@americanprogress.org To: John.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-03-27 12:49 Subject: FW: Litigation Against KSA

Cheryl's response. thanks Jack. cdm On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Jack Quinn <jquinn@qga.com<mailto:jquinn@qga.com>> wrote: Dear John and Cheryl: I hope this finds you well. And, I hope I have a correct email for John, namely a CAP email; if this is wrong, I will be grateful, Cheryl, if you will forward this to John. For the past several years I have been serving as co-counsel to a large number of plaintiffs in the "9/11 cases" ("In re Terrorist Attack on September 11, 2001") pending in the Southern District of New York. Included among our clients are more than a third of the families of the victims of the World Trade Center attack. My involvement in this grew out of a similar assignment I had regarding the resolution of the litigation against Libya arising from the bombing of Pan Am 103 (the so-called "Lockerbie" attack). Over the years since the 9/11 attack and the filing of our litigation, the families and other plaintiffs have had a long history of dealings with the Department of State and the Congress, principally through counsel. Much of that interaction has involved the legal question whether the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should be dismissed from the suit on grounds of sovereign immunity and whether there are ways in which we might expedite resolution of this matter in the interests of justice, a goal we are convinced can be achieved consistent with our national security interests. KSA's efforts to escape the suit were for a time successful, but, after the Second Circuit acknowledged error in an earlier decision, KSA is back in the case (though actively continuing its efforts to be dismissed). In the meantime, robust discovery has taken place, some of which has been the subject of press attention of which you may be aware. Recently, and quite separately, we have been alert to press notice of Saudi donations to the Foundation. This, in turn, has raised the question on our legal team whether you may find it helpful to receive a briefing on the status of our discovery efforts, our responses to KSA's motion to dismiss and our best assessment of prospects for the litigation and its final resolution. Please let me know if this would be of any interest to you. Either way, please also let me know if you received this note and, if I may impose, share the best emails through which to reach you. Very best personal regards to you both.... Jack Jack Quinn ________________________________ 1133 Connecticut Avenue NW 5th Floor Washington DC 20036 (P) 202-429-6871<tel:202-429-6871> (F) 202-457-1130<tel:202-457-1130> jquinn2000@gmail.com<mailto:jquinn2000@gmail.com> jquinn@qga.com<mailto:jquinn@qga.com>