Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) have launched an effort to obtain full, unredacted records of Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the 9/11 terror attacks.
They cited an “ongoing inquiry” into Saudi Arabia’s “attempts to influence United States.”
In a letter addressed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice, the senators requested a “full explanation of any ongoing need for classification of any portions of these records.”
The senators noted that they did not receive a reply to a similar letter sent in July.
“We have not received a single document or obtained an explanation for any of the hundreds of redactions that remain, despite the government’s recent declassification review,” according to the letter.
“Your failure to respond to our letter only adds to our concerns about the U.S. government’s longstanding refusal to provide full transparency to the American public, and particularly for the families of 9/11 victims, about Saudi Arabia’s role in the 9/11 attacks.”
Reporting from Just the News:
Investigations into the 2001 attacks in which nearly 3,000 people were killed on U.S. soil have shown evidence of possible links between the Saudi Arabia government and some of the 15 Saudis involved in the attacks. However, some of the information is apparently still classified for national security reasons.
