Chilling never-before-seen 9/11 footage shows Saudi spy filming Capitol Hill ‘to plan attacks’ [Video]

A video has come to light showing a man, believed to have ties to Al Qaeda terrorists, filming important landmarks in Washington DC a little over a year before the 9/11 attacks.

In the video, shot in the summer of 1999, Omar al-Bayoumi walked around the nation’s capital remarking on various buildings, including the Washington Monument, before stopping in front of the US Capitol Building and referring to ‘a plan.’

Bayoumi’s video has been in the possession of the FBI for decades – but was just unsealed thanks to a court action by the families of 9/11 victims who sued the Saudi Arabian government for its alleged complicity in the attacks, something the ruling family denies.

The Capitol Building, one of the most recognizable symbols of American democracy, was long thought to be one of the possible targets in the terrorist strikes that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. 

The FBIsaid in a declassified document from …