Original sentence: However, a federal court proceeding in New York presided over by Harold Baer, Jr.Plaintiffs, who were survivors of victims of the 9/11 attacks, were awarded money belonging to Iraq from US accounts that had been frozen.The case remains the guiding legal decision on the topic in the judiciary.The finding of the independent 9/11 Commission, declassified Defense Department report is that these contacts never led to an operational relationship.as well as by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, whose 2006 report of Phase II of its investigation into prewar intelligence reports concluded that there was no evidence of ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.found Iraq did materially aid al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks
Edited sentence: The consensus of intelligence experts has been that these contacts never led to an operational relationship, and that consensus is backed up by reports from the independent 9/11 Commission, declassified Defense Department reports as well as by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, whose 2006 report of Phase II of its investigation into prewar intelligence reports concluded that there was no evidence of ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda