"Terror attacks renew calls for '28 pages' release," by Sharyl Attkisson

[Newsjock]

Source: Sinclair Broadcast Group

Fourteen years after Sept. 11, 2001, one of the last, great mysteries surrounding the terrorist attacks has yet to be unmasked: 28 pages from the Congressional probe that have been kept secret from the public under two U.S. administrations. The pages were classified under the George W. Bush administration -- and are still hidden from public view today under President Obama. In the wake of recent terrorist attacks, claimed by ISIS, there are bipartisan calls to make the 28 pages public. There are also accusations that those who want to keep them classified aren't protecting national security interests, but something--or somebody--else.

... But who are they? And why would the U.S. government want to keep the information secret?

Former Senator Bob Graham thinks he knows. He co-authored the Congressional report, including the 28 pages.

In a news conference earlier this year, Graham said, "Here are some facts. The Saudis know what they did. Second, the Saudis know that we know what they did."

Read more: http://kutv.com/news/connect-to-congress/interviews/full-measure-terror-attacks-renew-calls-for-28-pages-release

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Some background on Sinclair: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/sinclair-network-to-run-anti-kerry-film-democrats-object

[wildbilln864]

1. k & r & thanks! n/t

[hifiguy]

2. In other words it names

who in the government of KSA knew it was going to happen ahead of time or actively facilitated/financed the attack. Or, more likely, both.

Saudi Arabia is one of the true loci of evil in the world in addition to being, without question, the worst country and the worst culture on the planet.

[forest444]

6. Ding. Ding. Ding.

"And we can't have that - ain't that right, Your Majesticness?"

[tk2kewl]

3. K&r

[Omaha Steve]

4. Thanks for posting

K&R!

OS

[bluestateguy]

5. I'd be inclined to say declassify the pages

but since I refuse to ever agree with Sheryl Atkinson, my position is keep the pages classified.

[hifiguy]

7. KICK!

[KamaAina]

8. Sharyl Attkisson and Sinclair trying to dig up the truth?!

[KoKo]

9. But, Repub Rand Paul and Dem Ron Wyden Already Called for the Release of the 28 Pages!

Rand Paul and Ron Wyden to call for release of redacted 9/11 report

By Adam B. Lerner

05/29/15 12:47 PM EDT

Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Wyden are teaming up to call for the public release of 28 classified pages from a 2002 intelligence report on the 9/11 attacks — pages that have taken on near-totemic significance for many who believe the U.S. government has yet to fully reveal what it knows about the 2001 assault on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

The Kentucky Republican’s office confirmed that it had secured the Oregon Democrat as a co-sponsor of the Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims Act, which Paul will discuss at a press conference Tuesday alongside supporters of a version of the measure in the House of Representatives, Congressmen Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

They will also be joined by former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) who chaired the committee that issued the report and has long agitated for its full release, often darkly hinting at its contents.

“The 28 pages primarily relate to who financed 9/11, and they point a very strong finger at Saudi Arabia as being the principal financier,” Graham has said.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/redacted-911-report-rand-paul-ron-wyden-118413

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MICHAEL CROWLEY

Saudi Arabia has denied those accusations, and has joined calls for the redacted information’s release.

The issue of the 28 pages has come up again and again since the report on intelligence failures that failed to prevent al Qaeda’s attacks was released in 2002. Issued separately from the 9/11 commission report, the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 report contained a section on intelligence surrounding foreign backing of the attackers.

In 2003, 11 Democratic senators sent a letter to President George W. Bush mentioning what information the redacted pages might yield: “It has been widely reported in the press that the foreign sources referred to in this portion of the Joint Inquiry analysis reside primarily in Saudi Arabia.”

Bush refused, citing the need to protect “sources and methods” needed to fight terrorism.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/redacted-911-report-rand-paul-ron-wyden-118413

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ALEX ISENSTADT

More recently, lawyers representing the families of victims killed in the 9/11 attacks have demanded the report’s full release as part of their lawsuit against the Saudi government, and a former al Qaeda operative — Zacarius Moussaui — testified earlier this year that top members of the Saudi royal family had supported the terrorist organization.

Many national security experts have dismissed such claims, but after reading the pages, Rep. Massie said in a July 2014 press conference that he found the section “disturbing” and challenged all other congressmen to examine them.

“I don’t think it would hurt our national security to release this,” he added, “and it would give families the answers they deserve.”

“It’s going to be difficult and it’s going to be embarrassing.”

The decision to declassify the redacted pages would rest with President Barack Obama. White House has said it is reviewing calls for their release, but has provided no update or timetable on that review’s progress.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/redacted-911-report-rand-paul-ron-wyden-118413