It will be 20 years since the attacks. A total of almost 3,000 people died in them.
The United States president Joe Biden has ordered that previously secret documents from the 2001 terrorist attacks be made public within the next six months.
The documents relate to an investigation into the FBI attacks of September 11 by the federal police, and Biden issued a presidential release order. order on Friday. The assessment of the disclosure of encrypted documents is supervised by, among others, the country’s Ministry of Justice.
Some of the relatives of those killed in the attacks have demanded information on, among other things, Saudi Arabia’s possible links to terrorists who hijacked planes that flew to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Most of the terrorists were Saudi citizens. Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the United States.
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It will be 20 years since the attacks. A total of almost 3,000 people died in them.
Shortly after the attacks, the then president George W. Bush sent U.S. troops to Afghanistan, where the Taliban extremist organization protected the leaders of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.
Biden withdrew the last U.S. troops from Afghanistan this week, ending a dramatic evacuation operation from Kabul airport. The Taliban, which overthrew the U.S.-backed regime in Afghanistan, took power in mid-August.
Victims have sued Saudi Arabia for believing it was linked to the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. The families of the victims have long been frustrated with how much of the documents on the attacks are still encrypted.
According to an official commission set up by the U.S. Congress to investigate the attacks, there is no evidence that the Saudi administration or high-ranking Saudi officials supported Al Qaeda.
On the other hand, the wording of the Commission’s statements has also been interpreted to suggest that informal or inferior Saudis may have been involved in the attacks.
Despite Biden’s order, not all documents may still be disclosed, but some of the investigation may still be perceived as too sensitive to be published.
In his order launching the publication process, the president stresses that the tragic events of twenty years ago continue to have an impact in the United States.
“Thus, it is extremely important to ensure that the U.S. administration maximizes transparency … unless the strongest possible reasons dictate otherwise,” the order outlines.