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August 11, 2003 Vol. 4 No. 16:   


Published: 08/11/2003

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Senators and Secretive Saudis Ask US to Declassify 9/11 Report

Pressure is mounting on Capitol Hill to declassify the blanked out 28-page section of the congressional joint report on intelligence failures before and after the events of September 11, 2001.

Nearly half of the members of the U.S. Senate called on the administration to declassify more of the report. According to the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News, 46 senators signed a letter asking the Administration to declassify the 28 pages. This letter comes after Sens. Bob Graham (D-FL) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) vocally pushed to make more of the report available to the public.

In perhaps a sign of how close to the chest this administration holds its cards, the government of Saudi Arabia, not known for being a leader on open government within its own borders, publicly asked the Bush administration to be less secretive in handling the Joint Committee's report.

Read the public report: Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001