By David Zeiler, includes "... Congress was considering a bill that would allow U.S. victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to file lawsuits against the Saudi royal family and Saudi institutions. ... Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir personally told members of Congress that the kingdom would sell as much as $750 billion in U.S. assets ... One question that's proven devilishly difficult to answer is the exact size of Saudi Arabia’s portfolio of U.S. assets. ... a secret deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia forged more than four decades ago suggests the kingdom holds far more U.S. assets than has been disclosed..."