US President Joe Biden issued a decree on Friday (September 3) with a view to declassifying documents from the investigation into 9/11, a sensitive subject for some families of victims, within the next six months.
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Referring to a “promise»Of the campaign, Joe Biden a«signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice and all relevant agencies to oversee a declassification review of documents related to 9/11 investigations“, According to a statement from the White House. The Minister of Justice will have to publish the declassified documents “over the next six months».
A legal battle and a sensitive subject
Families of 9/11 victims have launched a legal battle against Saudi Arabia and other states they accuse of complicity. During these proceedings, successive American governments have invoked state secrecy in order not to publish certain documents.
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The subject is sensitive, as the United States prepares to commemorate the twenty years of the attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and against the Pentagon, including a ceremony in New York which Joe Biden is to attend.
At the beginning of August, families of victims, survivors of the attacks and members of the rescue teams had published a letter letting it be known that the Democratic president would not be the “welcome»At the ceremony if he does not«didn’t keep his promise».
The letter calls for the publication of all documents revealing, according to the signatories, Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the attacks.
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