Attorney General Barr Refuses to Release 9/11 Documents to Victims' Families
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#2Minneapolis field office memo.
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#3> Barr says he cannot even explain why the material must stay secret without putting national security at risk.
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#4The only possible explanation is that Barr is trying to hide wrongdoing or negligence on the part of the US government.
Any information relevant to national security (such as names, etc.) could easily be redacted.
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#5> Barr says he cannot even explain why the material must stay secret without putting national security at risk.
I wonder if he is confusing the security of the nation with the security of the government.
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#6The man's credibility is long gone.
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#7> Barr says he cannot even explain why the material must stay secret without putting national security at risk.
I wonder if he is confusing the security of the nation with the security of the government.
Of course he is, and frankly I wouldn’t put it past this or even most administrations to do the same thing.
Zero accountability. It’s disgusting.
Yes. Downvote this. For calling out the issue of accountability for what it is on this topic: disgusting.
I dare someone to defend it convincingly. Please someone defend this.
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#8Minneapolis field office memo.
What's this?
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#10The only possible explanation is that Barr is trying to hide wrongdoing or negligence on the part of the US government. Any information relevant to national security (such as names, etc.) could easily be redacted.
The other possible explanation is that it implicates high-ranking Saudi officials, which would make it politically problematic to maintain the existing diplomatic and security relationship. For example, while under seal it can't be used to civilly sue those officials, and it permits the DoJ to avoid prosecutions it might be politically forced to pursue. Such civil and criminal suits would disrupt the existing state of affairs. By keeping the secrets you keep closed the pandora's box of political pain, even though anyone who cares already knows what's in the box.
People outside the government have read the files. As the article says, lawyers for plaintiffs in the ongoing civil suit saga have seen them, as presumably would the judge. If the documents detailed criminal activity on the part of the U.S. government we'd have heard something about it by now.