President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday directing the Justice Department and other agencies to review classified material related to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks for possible release of sensitive new information.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday directing the Justice Department and other agencies to review classified material related to theattacks for possible release of sensitive new information – meeting a key demand of victims' families ahead of next week’s 20-year anniversary.
“Information may remain classified only if it still requires protection in the interest of the national security and disclosure of the information reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security,” the executive order states. "We are thrilled to see the president forcing the release of more evidence about Saudi connections to the 9/11 Attacks," Terry Strada, whose husband died in the World Trade Center’s North Tower, said in a statement Friday. "We have been fighting the FBI and intelligence community for too long, but this looks like a true turning point."Many of the Sept. 11 families are involved in a lawsuit that accuses Saudi Arabia of supporting the operation.
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