A federal appeals court panel will hear arguments in Miami on Thursday about how much the public should be allowed to know about what led up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. At issue are records from the FBI’s secretive 9/11 Review Commission, also known as the Meese Commission, including reports […]
APPEAL: How Much Information About 9/11 Must FBI Share With Public…
A federal appeals court has been asked to overturn a Miami district court judge and order a Freedom of Information Act trial to determine whether the FBI made a proper search for records about its secretive 9/11 Review Commission. “This case presents a case of enormous public interest: How much information concerning its investigation of […]
Miami Judge Rules Out FOIA Trial, Says FBI Document on 9/11 Funding to Remain Secret…
Secret FBI information about who funded the 9/11 attacks will remain hidden indefinitely after a Miami federal judge reversed herself last week and decided that the FBI was not improperly withholding it from the public. At the same time, Judge Cecilia Altonaga ruled out holding a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) trial to evaluate the […]
FBI Asks Miami Judge to Reconsider, Keep Secret ‘Sensitive Details’ About 9/11…
The FBI is pushing back against a federal judge’s findings that certain classified details about the funding of the 9/11 attacks and the 19 al Qaeda suicide hijackers should be made public. Specifically, the government is asking Miami U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga to reconsider her May 16 ruling that would largely open for public […]
Trial Looms as Judge Denies FBI Request to Keep 9/11 Records Secret for Privacy Reasons…
In a ruling that could lead to the release of significant new information about 9/11, including details about who funded the al Qaeda terrorist attacks, a Miami federal judge has rejected FBI assertions that many records should be kept secret due to privacy considerations. At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga granted […]
FBI’s Comey and ‘Inexplicable’ Delays in Case of ‘Highest National Importance’…
The FBI’s renewed push to dismiss a Miami Freedom of Information lawsuit seeking records of the enigmatic 9/11 Review Commission and FBI activities “of the highest national importance” should be denied, court papers contend. The filings last week by attorneys for Florida Bulldog also say that facts obtained to date indicate that FBI Director James […]
FBI Censored Documents to Protect Privacy of Accused 9/11 Mastermind, Accomplice…
Even as the FBI recently has made public more 9/11 records to satisfy the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act in advance of a possible trial, it continues to withhold untold documents that promise to cast new light on that terrible day in 2001. Likewise, about 1,000 pages from the secretive 9/11 Review Commission […]
‘Penttbomb 2.0’ and the FBI’s Brush-Off of Reports Alleging 9/11 Ties to Saudi Arabia…
FBI officials who briefed the 9/11 Review Commission on the bureau’s sprawling 9/11 investigation code-named PENTTBOMB steered the discussion away from Saudi Arabia by repeatedly disavowing or downplaying reports by agents alleging terrorist ties to the kingdom. The FBI’s stance is similar to its repudiation before the commission of a startling April 2002 FBI report…
No Discipline for FBI Agent Accused of Writing 9/11 Report FBI Now Calls Bogus…
The FBI agent who wrote a powerful investigative report about 9/11 that the bureau later publicly repudiated faced no apparent discipline even though the FBI subsequently deemed his report to be “poorly written” and “wholly unsubstantiated”…
FBI Coughs Up New 9/11 Records about Sarasota; Documents, Evidence Missing…
Newly released FBI documents say agents investigating 9/11 connections did not obtain security records from a Sarasota-area gated community containing alleged evidence that 9/11 hijackers had visited the residence of a Saudi family with ties to the royal family…