Joe Biden orders declassification review of 9/11 probe documents
President Biden ordered a declassification review of secret documents related to the FBI’s 9/11 investigation, the White House announced Friday.
Biden signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice and other agencies to oversee the review — and ordering Attorney General Merrick Garland to release any declassified documents publicly over the next six months.
“When I ran for president, I made a commitment to ensuring transparency regarding the declassification of documents on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America,” Biden said in a statement. “As we approach the 20th anniversary of that tragic day, I am honoring that commitment.”
The president has been under mounting pressure from some victims’ families and attack survivors to release the records amid claims they show links between Saudi Arabia and Al Qaeda.
A group of 1,800 people affected by the terror attacks told Biden last month not to attend their 20th anniversary memorial services unless he ordered the release of the documents.
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