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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.25.158.202 with SMTP id h193csp129094lfe; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:57:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.55.24.157 with SMTP id 29mr43519485qky.83.1427489846628; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:57:26 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <jquinn@qga.com> Received: from qMail.quinngillespie.com (qmail.quinngillespie.com. [38.118.49.51]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s7si3038932qgd.55.2015.03.27.13.57.25 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:57:26 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: none (google.com: jquinn@qga.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) client-ip=38.118.49.51; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=none (google.com: jquinn@qga.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) smtp.mail=jquinn@qga.com Received: from QMAIL.quinngillespie.com ([10.0.0.8]) by qmail ([10.0.0.8]) with mapi id 14.01.0438.000; Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:57:04 -0400 From: Jack Quinn <jquinn@qga.com> To: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> CC: Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> Subject: KSA Matter Thread-Topic: KSA Matter Thread-Index: AQHQaJvxaV6jeky07ky1H2Z0IjVjh50wz+CA Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:57:03 +0000 Message-ID: <D13B3AC3.4FA7C%jquinn@quinngillespie.com> References: <2FC755F2-3B90-4145-8643-334C8ABCA956@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2FC755F2-3B90-4145-8643-334C8ABCA956@gmail.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: user-agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.4.8.150116 x-originating-ip: [10.0.0.168] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <487CC091DFEEFA488D1531B0D8282CED@qga.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Dear John: Thanks for getting back to me. On the litigation front, there is pending in the SDNY a further motion by KSA to be dismissed. We filed a response to that six weeks ago or so that got some significant attention in major part because it included transcripts of two days of interviews with Zacharais Moussaoui, the so-called =B320th hijacker,=B2 who is incarcerated= in a supermax penal facility out West. Additionally, we filed a compendium of exhibits and other evidence that has been developed in recent years stregthening the families=B9 case to the point where we think dismissal would be clearly improper. Oral argument is likely to be before the end of May. We cannot be sure when the judge will rule, but inasmuch as it is a motion on behalf of a sovereign, it would not surprise us if he ruled very soon after oral argument. In any case, because there are parallel claims against Islamic institutions closely linked to KSA and former Saudi officials that are already in the discovery phase, depositions of prominent Saudis are set to commence shortly, and we are confident the dispute will draw significant and sustained media attention over the next two years. This could also, however, be brought to a conclusion sooner if we are successful in our separate effort to encourage a political resolution of the dispute =8B an effort on which we have made some importan= t progress, although about which I want to be careful not to overstate. In reaching out, we had in mind that politicization of the litigation is is not in the families=B9 interest, but we see that conceivably happening i= n the likely escalation of Rand Paul=B9s charges about Saudi donations. We ar= e also mindful of the increasing irritability of some of the 9/11 families, particularly ones we do not represent; this concern will be heightened if, as we suspect (and hope) our further discovery makes the case against KSA even stronger. Finally, we are aware that there is very likely going to be further media attention to the role of prominent Saudis in laying the foundation for violent jihadist attacks against the West. John, I see this, of course, through all my own lenses =8B those of someone who cares deeply about the families=B9 cause. But I equally do not want this cause not to be misused for political purposes. Those of us who have been concerned about that politicization have had some thoughts about how to defang the issue and would be happy to knock those around with you or Cheryl if and whenever you like. Thanks again for coming back to me, and very best to you, Jack Jack Quinn ________________________________________ 1133 Connecticut Avenue NW 5th Floor Washington DC 20036 (M) 202-320-9266 (P) 202-429-6871 (F) 202-457-1130 jquinn@qga.com http://www.qga.com <http://www.qga.com/> <http://www.twitter.com/quinngillespie> <http://www.facebook.com/quinngillespie> <http://www.linkedin.com/companies/65223> =20 =20 On 3/27/15, 10:40 AM, "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: >Thanks Jack. I am going to defer to Cheryl on this, but I appreciate your >bringing this to our attention. Anticipate any action soon? > >JP >--Sent from my iPad-- >john.podesta@gmail.com >For scheduling: eryn.sepp@gmail.com