The leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Committee are pushing the federal government to reveal unredacted documents related to Saudi Arabia’s role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, urging officials on the 22nd anniversary to turn the materials over to lawmakers this week.
In a letter authored by Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Ron Johnson on Sunday, the lawmakers who lead the key panel claim both the Justice Department and the FBI have neglected to provide “complete, unredacted records of Saudi Arabia’s role” in the attacks that have killed nearly 3,000 people.
The senators highlight they wrote related letters to top officials on July 18, which resulted in a phone conference, in which Senate staffers pushed the agencies to release an unredacted copy of “Operation Encore,” which contained links between the 9/11 hijackers and the country. So far, the federal government has heavily redacted this information.
In September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that would require the declassification and release of government documents related to the 9/11 attacks. The move also required Garland to release the documents to the public in the months following. However, some of the documents released under the order still include heavy redactions, a frustration Blumenthal and Johnson made clear in their July 18 request.
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