First of all.... all the 9/11 families are not getting $4.3 million each. The amount is based on a formula set by the Special Master appointed to oversee the fund. Yeah, a few families may be getting that much...but not many. The families also have to sign away their rights to sue for damages in civil court.

I do think it was wrong for the government to jump in and set up this fund. Plus the formula to calculate the settlement is ridiculous. They set it up with one purpose...so THEY would not be sued. They lied and said it was to protect the airline industry. That is total bullshit. Why the hell should other American taxpayers have to pay money to victims families for actions committed by foreign terrorists without knowing the full level of accountability of their own government. It's not right. A settlement fund should come from the frozen assets of the terrorist organizations involved. Besides, are the taxpayers responsible to protect airlines? I don't think so.

If taxpayers are going to have to pay then the families should sue. Let the chips fall where they may. Americans need to know that their government is not doing their job. It was the Federal Government's fault that these terrorists were here in the first place so they have a very large degree of culpability in the whole thing. If the Feds were even remotely interested in enforcing their own existing laws, 9/11 would never have happened. The Feds are getting off cheap by paying off the families from this fund and they have to disclose nothing. A lawsuit would require the plaintiffs lawyers to have access to Federal records, documents, policy meeting records, email records, etc. A plethora of stuff. They would never want this to happen and will do anything to prevent it from happening. That's why the government wants to pay these families. The truth is they are paying them to go away.

What was one of the biggest obstacles in the lawsuit filed by some victims families against the Saudi government? It was our own Federal government... most notably The State Department.

The families of the victims of Pan Am 103 do deserve money from the Libyan government. Libya has admitted their guilt. That's it so let these dirtbags pay. The families do deserve some type of remuneration and compensation for this willful and deliberate terrorist act. This should also not be going on for 15 years. That is not right. (more State Dept. meddling and foot dragging) Fuck France. They have a lot of business dealings all over North Africa. This is a self serving act on their part.

Hey.... What happened to all the money collected by the numerous corrupt charities after 9/11 for the victims families? They cashed in big time on a national tragedy. The families got a little but the charities kept a huge amount for themselves and other reasons. Where is the outrage here?