White House to make decision on 9/11 report by June: Bob Graham
The White House probably will decide by June whether to release some classified material retained 9/11 Commission Report public, a former US senator who co-led the congressional investigation into the attacks said on Sunday.
The retained section of the official report on the 2001 attacks is critical to a dispute over whether Americans should be able to sue the Saudi government for damages. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence US of the material being reviewed to see if they can be declassified.
Former Sen. Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat, has been pushing for the release of the information and said it may shed light on donors for 19 hijackers that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.
Graham told NBC's Meet the Press that he believed that some of the materials classified retained could soon be released.
"The staff of the president, at least, has said he will make a decision before June, and I hope that the decision is in honor of the American people and make it available," Graham said.
Representative Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said last week that also supported the release of the material.
"The release of these pages will not end debate on the issue, but it will quash rumors about their content," said Representative Adam Schiff said in a statement. "As is often the case, the reality is less harmful than uncertainty.
The retained section of the official report on the 2001 attacks is critical to a dispute over whether Americans should be able to sue the Saudi government for damages. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence US of the material being reviewed to see if they can be declassified.
Former Sen. Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat, has been pushing for the release of the information and said it may shed light on donors for 19 hijackers that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.
Graham told NBC's Meet the Press that he believed that some of the materials classified retained could soon be released.
"The staff of the president, at least, has said he will make a decision before June, and I hope that the decision is in honor of the American people and make it available," Graham said.
Representative Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said last week that also supported the release of the material.
"The release of these pages will not end debate on the issue, but it will quash rumors about their content," said Representative Adam Schiff said in a statement. "As is often the case, the reality is less harmful than uncertainty.
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