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http://www.msnbc.com/news/943459.asp?0cv=CA01

U.S. officials said the Saudis were objecting to the Bush administration’s decision to classify dozens of pages of the congressional report, comprising sections that sources said addressed suspected foreign support of those responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks.
       Although lawmakers have refused to name the suspected country, unclassified parts of the report appeared to point at Saudi Arabia. An entire section on whether there was Saudi support for the hijackers was deleted, as were 26 pages on their foreign financing.
       The decision to keep the passage secret, which U.S. officials told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was made by officials of the FBI, fueled widespread suspicions that the administration was trying to shield itself and its Saudi allies from embarrassment.
       The Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, has been quoted as saying the entire report should be declassified to show that there is no evidence to support suspicions against his government.


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