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5 SEP 2021
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#1 in U.S. News • 30 articles
Why is the Biden administration declassifying 9/11 related documents?
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    President Biden orders declassification review of documents related to Sept. 11 attacks.
    Reuters (Center) • Factual Grade 81% • 2 min read

    The order requires Attorney General Merrick Garland to make the declassified documents public over the next six months as it oversees "a declassification review of documents" related to the FBI probe. Last month, many families asked Biden to skip 20-year memorial events unless he declassified documents.
    ...
    Family members of 9/11 victims also asked a government watchdog on Thursday to investigate their suspicions that the FBI lied about evidence linking Saudi Arabia to the hijackers. Days later, the Justice Department said it decided to review earlier claims of privilege it had made about why it could not release some information requested by families.
    ...
    "As we near the 20th anniversary of that terrible day, the families of those who were killed, and all Americans, have a right to know the full story, and the passage of time has mitigated concerns over sources and methods," Representative Adam Schiff, chairman of the House of Representatives' Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said.
  1. Top from different political viewpoint
    President Biden signs executive order to declassify some 9/11 documents.
    Washington Times (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 61% • 3 min read
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    Operation Encore and the Saudi connection: A secret history of the 9/11 investigation. (2020)
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Why are some women protesting the new Taliban government?


    An estimated 100 women gathered outside the building of the Defense Ministry in Afghanistan's capital before it was dispersed, according to one of the demonstrators, and...

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Why are China and the US struggling to collaborate on climate change?


    "On the one hand, we're saying to them, 'You have to do more to help deal with the climate.' And on the other hand, their solar panels are being sanctioned, which mak...

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Why has Apple delayed plans to scan phones for child sexual abuse materials?


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What does an update to the world's endangered species list reveal?


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