CLASSIC: Why does the US let Saudi fugitives flee the country?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On August 19th, 2016 Saudi national and college student Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah was charged with first degree manslaughter for fatally hitting a 15 year old girl named Fallon Smart with his car in Portland, Oregon. Two weeks before his trial, he disappeared from the United States. Federal agents suspect he escaped with the help of the Saudi Arabian government -- and it seems he's not the only one. In fact, over the years, it seems dozens of Saudi nationals accused of various crimes in the US and Canada have illegally escaped prosecution, and will likely never see jail time or justice. And the US government hasn't done much to address this ongoing pattern of conspiracy. Tune in to learn more in this Classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | fellow conspiracy realist, we are returning to you with a pretty sensitive real-life conspiracy |
| 0:07.8 | that we first explored in 2020. |
| 0:11.6 | Guys, riddle me this. |
| 0:13.1 | Have you ever got the vague spidey sense that some people are above the law? |
| 0:18.4 | No. |
| 0:18.8 | What are you talking about, man? |
| 0:21.2 | Rule of law. That's not a thing talking about, man? Rule of law. |
| 0:21.8 | That's not a thing. |
| 0:23.1 | It's not a thing for us. |
| 0:25.4 | I can't get away with a, I can't get out of a fine for a late book at the library. |
| 0:30.6 | But as we learned in tonight's classic episode, back in 2016 uh there were serious crimes committed by |
| 0:40.7 | Saudi nationals and for one reason or another they got a pass the kind of stuff that would put |
| 0:47.6 | you under the prison yeah well not look look at all the pardons flying around I mean mean, yes, people are above the law, and it's all |
| 0:55.7 | about who you know and what, you know, what you've got on me, and by me, I mean the government |
| 1:01.3 | or the individual that's, you know, giving that pass. But I just don't believe in rule of law |
| 1:06.5 | anymore, guys. I'm sorry. I know that's such a bummer thing to say, but it is tough. |
| 1:12.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.7 | Especially in this episode, as we're about to describe, when you have a child who gets hit by a car, |
| 1:25.1 | there should probably be consequences for the driver of that car. Yeah? Oh, yeah. That's what we thought. |
| 1:31.8 | Until we dove in, so please join us for our classic episode, |
| 1:36.4 | Why Does the United States Let Saudi Fugitives Flea the Country? This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human. |
| 1:41.7 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
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