BBC names Omar al-Bayoumi as alleged Saudi agent tied to 9/11 hijackers

Paintball video undermines his 25-year denials, BBC reports

BBC News published a video segment on September 7, 2026 titled “Did the FBI bury evidence of alleged Saudi agent’s role in 9/11?” The segment centers on Omar al-Bayoumi and reports that he had extensive links to Saudi government officials.

The BBC said it obtained video showing al-Bayoumi playing paintball with one of al-Qaeda’s future leaders. According to the BBC, the video undermines al-Bayoumi’s 25 years of denials that he was an extremist and a Saudi spy.

The BBC reported that al-Bayoumi is the subject of a lawsuit alleging he aided two of the September 11, 2001 hijackers. The lawsuit also alleges Saudi Arabia was complicit in the attacks, according to the BBC.

The BBC said al-Bayoumi and the Saudi government did not respond to the BBC’s requests for comment. The FBI declined to comment, according to the BBC.

The segment was published on the BBC News website as a video report. The BBC’s headline frames the report as a question about whether the FBI suppressed evidence rather than as an assertion that al-Bayoumi’s alleged role is established fact.