Exec Order Inspired By Grassley-Backed Bill Boosts Transparency Of Government's 9/11 Records

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised anexecutive order expanding public access to secret government records related tothe terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The order, signedtoday by President Biden, is based on the bipartisan September11th Transparency Act, which requires federal agencies to conduct adeclassification review of records related to the attacks.

"The public has waited nearly 20 years for a fullpicture of everything that led up to the attacks on September 11, 2001,including everyone involved in funding, planning and perpetrating thesehorrific acts of terrorism. I joined a bipartisan effort to push for additionaltransparency, and I'm grateful today's executive order will begin to pull backthe curtain on the 9/11 records so that victims' families, survivors and allAmericans can expeditiously get the answers and justice they deserve," Grassleysaid.

The September11th Transparency Act, led by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and cosponsored byGrassley, would ensure that the Department of Justice (DOJ), the CentralIntelligence Agency (CIA) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI)declassify, as appropriate, the documents that could identify additionalco-conspirators. Along with Menendez and Grassley, the bill is cosponsored by Sens.Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kirsten Gillibrand(D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). Congressman HakeemJeffries (D-N.Y.-08) will introduce companion legislation in the House ofRepresentatives.

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