July 29, 2003

White House Won't Declassify 9-11 Report
3 minutes ago: The White House, facing a crucial meeting Tuesday with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, refused to declassify part of an intelligence report on possible links between individuals in the Saudi government and some of the Sept. 11 hijackers.

After the report was released last Thursday, Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan issued a statement saying that "28 blanked-out pages are being used by some to malign our country and our people." The Saudis are said to be furious.

"Saudi Arabia has nothing to hide. We can deal with questions in public, but we cannot respond to blank pages," he said. Bandar has joined in asking that the pages be declassified.

The request was denied.



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