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US set to declassify documents related to 11 September attacks in next six months

The Associated Press • September 4, 2021, 09:24:20 IST
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President Joe Biden has signed an order directing the justice department and other executive branch agencies to begin a declassification review

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US set to declassify documents related to 11 September attacks in next six months

Washington: President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the declassification of certain documents related to the 11 September, 2001, terrorist attacks, a supportive gesture to victims’ families who have long sought the records in hopes of implicating the Saudi government. The order, coming little more than a week before the 20th anniversary of the attacks, is a significant moment in a years-long tussle between the government and the families over what classified information about the run-up to the attacks could be made public. That conflict was on display last month when some 1,800 relatives, survivors and first responders opposed Biden’s participation in 9/11 events if the documents remained declassified. The significant events in question occurred two decades ago or longer, and they concern a tragic moment that continues to resonate in American history and in the lives of so many Americans, the executive order states. It is therefore critical to ensure that the United States government maximises transparency, relying on classification only when narrowly tailored and necessary." The order directs the justice department and other executive branch agencies to begin a declassification review and requires that declassified documents be released over the next six months. Still, the practical impact of the executive order and any new documents it might yield was not immediately clear. Past investigations have outlined ties between Saudi nationals and some of the airplane hijackers, but have not established the government was directly involved. How the release of any previously withheld documents might change that assessment is not known. The justice department revealed last month that the FBI had recently concluded an investigation that examined certain 9/11 hijackers and potential co-conspirators, and that it would now work to see if it could share information that it had previously determined could not be disclosed. But, the families said, thus far, no additional substantive material has been produced, and the FBI has not agreed to make a further effort to find its missing documents.

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