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Biden signs executive order calling for declassification review of 9/11 documents
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/03/9-11-documents-declassification-509468Biden signs executive order calling for declassification review of 9/11 documents
The president's action requires Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the declassified documents publicly over the next six months.
By MYAH WARD
09/03/2021 02:50 PM EDT
Updated: 09/03/2021 03:40 PM EDT
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday directing the Department of Justice and other government agencies to review documents related to the FBI’s 9/11 investigations for potential declassification — fulfilling a campaign promise just days before the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Biden’s order requires Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the declassified documents publicly over the next six months.
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Thousands of victims' relatives sued Saudi Arabia in 2017 for complicity, and families have pushed four U.S. presidents, to no avail, to release more information about possible Saudi involvement in financing the terrorist attacks. Advocates were outraged last year when then-Attorney General William Barr said the documents must stay classified to protect national security, just months after former President Donald Trump had promised to free the FBI files.
Biden's move to declassify the documents marked a watershed moment in a nearly two-decade quest for some families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001.
[...]
The president's action requires Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the declassified documents publicly over the next six months.
By MYAH WARD
09/03/2021 02:50 PM EDT
Updated: 09/03/2021 03:40 PM EDT
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday directing the Department of Justice and other government agencies to review documents related to the FBI’s 9/11 investigations for potential declassification — fulfilling a campaign promise just days before the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Biden’s order requires Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the declassified documents publicly over the next six months.
[...]
Thousands of victims' relatives sued Saudi Arabia in 2017 for complicity, and families have pushed four U.S. presidents, to no avail, to release more information about possible Saudi involvement in financing the terrorist attacks. Advocates were outraged last year when then-Attorney General William Barr said the documents must stay classified to protect national security, just months after former President Donald Trump had promised to free the FBI files.
Biden's move to declassify the documents marked a watershed moment in a nearly two-decade quest for some families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001.
[...]
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