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2020-04-20 Home Front: WoT
Attorney General Barr Blocks Release of 9/11 Documents Despite Promises to Victims' Families
"Deep state shoots and scores!"
[TheMindUnleashed] In a last minute court filing, U.S. officials demanded a federal judge block the release of files detailing Saudi connections to the 9/11 attacks.

On Monday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, and other senior officials called on a federal judge to prevent the disclosure of files related to the role of the government of Saudi Arabia in the September 11 attacks. The officials told the judge in the civil case that the release of the files would endanger national security.

The files are being sought by families of the 9/11 victims who have spent the last two decades attempting to uncover the truth about the attacks. The families filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New York in 2017 as part of their effort to uncover the role of the Saudi government. What is publicly known is that the alleged 9/11 hijackers had a relationship with Saudi government officials. As Pro Public reported, at the 2019 White House September 11 memorial, U.S. President Donald Trump promised the families he would help them uncover the truth about 9/11. He made similar promises while he was campaigning for president.

"He looked us in the eye on 9/11, he shook our hands in the White House and said, ’I’m going to help you—it’s done’," Brett Eagleson, a banker whose father was killed in the World Trade Center, told Pro Publica. "I think the 9/11 families have lost all hope that the president is going to step up and do the right thing. He’s too beholden to the Saudis."

The Trump Administration stated that the national security threat was so great that even sharing the reasoning behind the request for secrecy could cause harm. According to Pro Publica, AG Barr told the court that public discussion of the issue "would reveal information that could cause the very harms my assertion of the state secrets privilege is intended to prevent."

Pro Publica notes that four statements from FBI and Justice Department officials were also under seal and can not be seen by the public. Another five statements from FBI, Justice Department, and CIA officials were only seen by the judge and could not even be shared with the families’ lawyers. Steven Pounian, a lawyer for the families also suggested that "there must be some deep, dark secret that they’re still trying very hard to hide after almost 20 year," and that it "might be a Saudi government secret."
The extent of US Intelligence (USI) knowledge via internal reporting or reporting from friendly foreign intelligence services, along with subsequent monitoring (or failure to monitor), might not be something USI is eager to share.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 "If you know the identify or whereabouts of the two 'persons of interest' pictured here, please notify the Boston FBI Special Agent In Charge (SAC) at the number on the bottom of your screen."
Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-20 06:16||   2020-04-20 06:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Whenever, the government blocks documents, hides them under over-classification, you have to wonder what is being hidden and for what purpose.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-04-20 10:40||   2020-04-20 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 “would reveal information that could cause the very harms my assertion of the state secrets privilege is intended to prevent.”

What could cause more harm to these citizens and the country than what has already been caused by 9/11?
Posted by JohnQC 2020-04-20 10:46||   2020-04-20 10:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Lost my confidence in Barr. From Epstein's murder, Vegas shooting, Clintons, Pizzagate and now 9-11. Of course there are more but as they say, money talks.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-04-20 12:24||   2020-04-20 12:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Me, too, about Barr. I just don't understand why Trump hires these types. Bolton, Rosenstein....
Posted by Clem 2020-04-20 12:29||   2020-04-20 12:29|| Front Page Top

#6 He plays a mean set of bagpipes.
Posted by charger 2020-04-20 12:48||   2020-04-20 12:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Hopefully he is doing a Friday afternoon ditch of this knowing it'll be overshadowed by the long list of indictments coming today....

Yeah I'm not holding my breath.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-04-20 13:04||   2020-04-20 13:04|| Front Page Top

#8 We can pick on Hillary all day, but how do you violate a court order and destroy hard drives and 33,000 emails without ramifications?

Our country is a mess...has been, and I see absolutely zero indications of any improvement nor any hope for improvement.
Posted by Clem 2020-04-20 13:20||   2020-04-20 13:20|| Front Page Top

#9 #8You don't
Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2020-04-20 13:38||   2020-04-20 13:38|| Front Page Top

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