Classified pages of 9/11 report will just quiet rumors: Top Dem
The classified pages of a congressional report on the September 11, 2001 attacks “will not end debate over the issue” even if they are released, says a top Democrat at the House of Representatives, yet urging for declassification, arguing that “reality is less damaging than the uncertainty.”
US legislators who have had the clearance to access the redacted pages of the 2002 Joint Inquiry, have been pressuring President Barack Obama over the matter, given they would implicate the Saudi government in the attacks amid the commander-in-chief’s visit to Riyadh.
Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, toned down the truth written on the pages in a statement on Wednesday.
"The release of these pages will not end debate over the issue, but it will quiet rumors over their contents," Schiff said. "As is often the case, the reality is less damaging than the uncertainty."
Debate over the release has played a central role in another one over whether victims of the terrorist attacks can sue Riyadh for damages.
In his statement, Schiff offered release of a redacted version of the pages to see if Saudi government officials were engaged in support for hijackers.
Earlier in the day, Obama met with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Riyadh’s Erga Palace.
Obama’s opposition to the release and the Saudi royal family’s threat against revealing the truth is taking the center stage in the dispute; however, analysts suggest they could go further to implicate the US government or even the Israeli regime.
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