How? On Apr 11, 2016 5:41 PM, "Brian Bednarek" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The previous administration also kissed the Saudi ass ... we should have > gotten off of oil 40 years ago!!! > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Never happen as long as Obama continues to kowtow to Saudis and other >> Muslims. >> >> >> >> B >> >> >> >> >> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/11/obama-under-pressure-to-declassify-the-9-11-report-s-secret-28-pages.html >> >> >> >> New Push >> >> 04.11.16 2:00 AM ET >> >> Obama Under Pressure to Declassify the 9/11 Report’s Secret 28 Pages >> >> Ten days before Obama heads to Saudi Arabia, a new report explores the >> making of the 28 pages that reveal Saudi support for the 9/11 hijackers—and >> shows why they should be made public. >> >> One of the ongoing mysteries in Washington is why the Obama >> administration is still classifying 28 pages of a congressional report >> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2015/01/12/the-missing-pages-of-the-9-11-report.html> >> written in 2003 that documents Saudi support for the hijackers who carried >> out the 9/11 attacks. >> >> The bipartisan co-authors of that report have long called for its release >> to the public, and President Obama on two separate occasions over the last >> several years promised the 9/11 families that he would declassify the 28 >> pages. >> >> Now pressure on Obama to make good on his promise is mounting. Advocates >> claim there is no longer any reason to protect the Saudis 15 years after >> the attacks. Government insiders argue there’s nothing in the 28 pages that >> they don’t already know, and making them public will only roil an important >> strategic relationship at a time when it’s already under significant >> strain >> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2016/01/02/saudi-arabia-s-isis-like-justice.html> >> . >> >> Into this volatile mix marches *60 Minutes*, the venerable CBS News >> show, with a hard-hitting report Sunday on the making of those 28 pages, >> and a renewed push by those with the most direct knowledge of what they >> contain to finally make them public. As the* 60 Minutes* segment points >> out, Obama is traveling to Saudi Arabia in 10 days, a trip that comes in >> the midst of his administration’s review of whether to go ahead with the >> de-classification. >> >> Former Florida senator Bob Graham chaired the Senate Intelligence >> Committee and co-chaired the joint congressional committee that looked into >> the attacks. He told *60 Minutes* correspondent Steve Kroft, “I think it >> is implausible to believe that 19 people, most of whom didn’t speak >> English, most of whom had never been in the United States before, many of >> whom didn’t have a high school education, could’ve carried out such a >> complicated task without some support from within the United States.” >> >> An exchange between Kroft and Graham goes to the heart of the dispute. >> “You believe that support came from Saudi Arabia?” Kroft asks. >> “Substantially,” Graham replies. “And when we say, ‘The Saudis,’ you mean >> the government…rich people in the country? Charities?” >> >> “All of the above,” Graham replies. >> >> It has long been the Saudi position that support for the hijackers did >> not come from the government, and the congressional report contained a line >> that seemed to exonerate the government. “It’s not an exoneration,” says >> former senator Bob Kerrey, a member of the 9/11 Commission who has filed an >> affidavit in support of a lawsuit brought by the 9/11 families seeking >> redress from the Saudi government for the loss of their loved ones. >> >> The families don’t want another 9/11 anniversary to pass without fully >> understanding the complicity that led to the attacks. By turning its media >> megaphone on the impasse, *60 Minutes* showed viewers the extraordinary >> range of high profile former officials on both sides of the political aisle >> who wish to see this matter resolved. Porter Goss, who co-chaired the >> congressional inquiry with Graham and then became CIA director under >> President Bush, recounted asking then FBI Director Robert Mueller why the >> 28 pages were classified and basically being told, “Because we said so.” >> >> Withholding them during the Bush years made a certain amount of sense >> because the attacks were still so fresh, and the Bush family had >> long-standing close ties with the Saudi royal family. Making those pages >> public would be embarrassing. Obama has more freedom to make a decision >> based on national security considerations, but he may be reluctant to >> strain >> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2015/01/28/why-we-re-stuck-with-saudi-arabia.html> >> U.S. ties with the kingdom further. >> >> Former Democratic congressman Tim Roemer, who was a member of the joint >> committee, says the 28 pages contains information that will surprise >> people, including, he suggests, leads that were not sufficiently pursued. >> He mentions an imam at a San Diego mosque, Anwar al-Awlaki, who years later >> would be taken out by a U.S. drone in Yemen. “Those are a lot of >> coincidences, and that’s a lot of smoke. Is that enough to make you squirm >> and uncomfortable, and dig harder—and declassify these 28 pages? >> Absolutely,” he said. >> >> *60 Minutes* opened its report with an image of a locked door on Capitol >> Hill, behind which the 28 pages are kept under top security. Members of >> Congress can go and read the pages, but they cannot take notes or bring >> along a staff member. A relatively small percentage of lawmakers have >> availed themselves of the opportunity. A bipartisan effort led by >> Republican Walter Jones of North Carolina and Democrat Stephen Lynch of >> Massachusetts is urging members to read the pages, and once they’ve done >> that, to sign on to a resolution >> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2015/06/02/rand-paul-s-new-crusade-the-secret-9-11-docs.html> >> calling for their declassification. >> >> John Lehman, secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration and >> another member of the 9/11 Commission, told *60 Minutes*: “We’re not a >> bunch of rubes that rode into Washington for this commission…We’ve seen >> fire and we’ve seen rain and the politics of national security. We all have >> dealt for our careers in highly classified and compartmentalized in every >> aspect of security. We know when something shouldn’t be declassified. And >> this, those 28 pages in no way fall into that category.” >> >> There are real-life implications for the 9/11 families in these 28 pages >> and their potential impact on a lawsuit being heard in New York. The U.S. >> government holds the position that a sovereign government cannot be sued, >> and that has so far shielded the Saudi government. Lehman told *60 >> Minutes* that he has no doubt some high Saudi officials knew assistance >> was being provided to al Qaeda, but he doesn’t think it was ever official >> policy. He also doesn’t think it absolves the Saudis of responsibility, >> Kroft said in his commentary. >> >> “It was no accident that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. They all >> went to Saudi schools. They learned from the time they were first able to >> go to school—of this intolerant brand of Islam,” Lehman said, referring to >> the ultra-conservative form of Islam known as Wahhabism. After oil, Kroft >> says, Wahhabism is one of the kingdom’s biggest exports. Saudi clerics have >> billions of dollars to spread the faith, and the mosques and religious >> schools that the Saudi government builds all over the world are recruiting >> grounds for violent extremists. >> >> It’s long past time that someone blew the whistle on what the Saudis are >> doing in perpetrating extremism >> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2016/01/05/how-the-saudis-churn-out-jihad-inc.html>. >> There are no secrets here. It’s what everyone knows is going on but few >> dare to disrupt. Shining a light on this long-standing protection racket >> could make some people squirm. 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