By Rick Moran
\nAmerican Thinker<\/p>\n
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress set up a joint committee to investigate.\u00a0 After nearly 6 months, the joint committee released its report \u2013 but the Bush administration redacted 28 pages of the report, citing the damage the information could do to our relationships with foreign governments.<\/p>\n
Ever since then, families of the victims of 9\/11, lawmakers, and government watchdog groups have all been agitating for the declassification of those 28 pages.\u00a0 First the Bush administration, and then the Obama administration has refused all requests to reveal what’s in those 28 pages.\u00a0 President Obama told the families during a 9\/11 memorial service that he would release the information, only to renege on that promise.<\/p>\n
Why the secrecy?\u00a0 It’s believed that the 28 pages detail the assistance by Saudi nationals given to the terrorists.\u00a0 Speculation has centered on some members of the House of Saud who may have given cash and other aid to the terrorists, and a faction in Saudi intelligence that may have also helped the attackers.<\/p>\n
Now, investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson will launch her new TV show by delving into the secrets to be found in the missing 28 pages.<\/p>\n
Washington Times:<\/a><\/p>\n In a preview of her new Sunday morning news broadcast, five-time Emmy winner and former\u00a0CBS<\/a>\u00a0anchor\u00a0Sharyl Attkisson<\/a>\u00a0will delve into the top-secret pages of Congress\u2019 intelligence report on the 9\/11 terrorist attacks, which are still kept under wraps 14 years later.<\/p>\n In the report,\u00a0Ms. Attkisson<\/a>\u00a0speaks with current and former lawmakers and family members of victims of the 9\/11 attacks to uncover why the documents, known as the \u201c28 pages\u201d are still undisclosed.<\/p>\n No ordinary American can read the highly classified section of the report, and members of Congress, sworn to secrecy, are only allowed to read the pages under strict supervision.<\/p>\n \u201cWe spoke to people off- and on-camera who went as far as they could giving hints and information to me about what\u2019s in them,\u201d\u00a0Ms. Attkisson<\/a>told The Washington Times.<\/p>\n Rep. Steven Lynch, Massachusetts Democrat, told\u00a0Ms. Attkisson<\/a>\u00a0the report gives names and identities of individuals who were \u201ccomplicit\u201d in the terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are clearly identified. How people were financed, where they were housed, where the money was coming from, the conduits that were used and the connections between some of these individuals,\u201d Mr. Lynch said in the interview.<\/p>\n Other lawmakers also give hints about some of the alleged responsibility and financial ties the attackers had to prominent figures in Saudi Arabia, and speculate that the reason the documents are still classified is to shield that nation from embarrassment and maintain U.S.-Saudi diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n \u201cAs more and more people see these records they can\u2019t see any legitimate reason why the pages are still withheld from the public and suspect that they are being hidden to protect people,\u201d\u00a0Ms. Attkisson<\/a>\u00a0said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n