Why is part of the 911 report classified? --- because they don't want Americans to know the real reason why radical muzzies counter-attacked the USA.
On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 6:40:15 PM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: > > That statement says he hated the US because of its lsreal policy . > not that he takes responsibility for the 911 attacks. Why is part of the > 911 report classified? > On Apr 12, 2016 7:25 AM, "plainolamerican" <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > That truth will never be told. > --- > wrong ... it's already been told ... there's just too few Americans who > care. > > On page 147 of the report which says, "By his own account, Khalid Sheikh > Mohammed's animus toward the United States stemmed not from his experiences > there as a student, but rather from his violent disagreement *with U.S. > foreign policy favoring Israel.*" > > On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 5:25:37 PM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: > >> That truth will never be told. >> On Apr 11, 2016 2:32 PM, "plainolamerican" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 9/11 Report >>> --- >>> investigators testified that the US was attacked on 911 for supporting >>> Israel. >>> >>> >>> On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 1:49:36 PM UTC-5, Travis 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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