The United States is preparing to declassify data on the 11/XNUMX attacks

On Monday, August 9, the Justice Department announced that it would review previously classified information related to the September 11, 2001 attacks in order to reveal more information to the public. This happened due to public pressure on the eve of the 20th anniversary of this tragic day. CNN.

The Justice Department's statement came less than a week after more than 1600 victims of the 11/XNUMX attacks issued a letter of appeal to US President Joe Biden. They asked him refrain from attending memorial events on the occasion of the anniversary of the tragedy at Ground Zero in New York, if he does not publishes additional documents and information about the attacks, previously hidden by the government.

A Justice Department spokesman said on July 9: The government told a federal court in Manhattan that the FBI recently closed investigations into some of the 11/XNUMX plane hijackers, so some of the data could be declassified.

Biden reaction

On the White House website Biden's statement appeared in which the president supports the Justice Department's decision. He stressed that it will become the embodiment of his election promise to declassify data on the September 11 attacks.

“As I promised during my election campaign, my administration is committed to ensuring the maximum transparency of information in accordance with the law regarding the use of privilege of state secrets, passed during the Obama-Biden administration,” said the head of the United States. “In that vein, I welcome today's application from the Department of Justice, which is committed to re-reviewing documents previously claimed by the government to be classified, and to do so as quickly as possible.”

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“My heart and my prayers remain with the families affected by the 11/XNUMX attacks, and my administration will continue to engage with members of this community as respectfully as possible,” he stressed.

What families of 9/11 victims are saying

Brett Eagleson lost his father to the 11/XNUMX attacks. He defends the rights of many of the families of the victims killed in these attacks. Eagleson criticized the Justice Department's statement, stressing that the department was not actively and successfully moving towards full transparency.

"The Department of Justice / FBI has already had three years to 'check' the files and can act immediately to prepare documents, including an unedited FBI report, hijacking records, as well as telephone tapes and witness statements," Eagleson said.

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“Only today, the Department of Justice finally admitted that its investigation was effectively closed, contrary to the Bureau's previous statements about the status of the investigation. We hope the Biden administration will now issue a statement to provide the information that the 11/20 family has been expecting to receive over the next 11 years. If he does this, then we will be able to stand together with the President at Ground Zero on September XNUMX, ”the activist summed up.