US official reviewing secret 9/11 material
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PRESIDENT Barack Obama says the top-ranking US intelligence official is reviewing classified material in a September 11 report that families of attack victims and some lawmakers are demanding be made public.
Several members of the House and Senate, including House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, have joined 9/11 families in pressuring for declassification of 28 pages that are part of government documents compiled on the 9/11 attack amid speculation of a possible role by Saudi Arabia. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attack.
In an interview with CBS’s Charlie Rose, Obama was asked if had read the 28 pages. “I have a sense of what’s in there,” he replied.
Obama also revealed that James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, “has been going through this” to ensure that whatever is made public does not damage US national security interests.
Saudi backing
Former US Senator Robert Graham, who helped write the report that includes the 28 redacted pages, recently told CBS’s “60 Minutes” the secret material could reveal possible Saudi backing for the men who hijacked airplanes, flying two into the World Trade Center in New York and another into the Pentagon. A third hijacked jet crashed on September 11, 2001, in western Pennsylvania.
Obama also voiced concerns about a legislative move to allow victim families to bring lawsuits against other countries believed to have provided support for attacks. “If we open up the possibility that individuals and the United States can routinely start suing other governments, then we are also opening up the US to being continually sued by individuals in other countries.”
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