US authorities on Monday pledged to re-review documents from the investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks that could be declassified, a recurring request from some families, who now blame Joe Biden for not keeping his promises transparency in this area.
To read also: The museum of the attacks of September 11 makes cuts in the commemorations of the 20 years
In a document sent to magistrates in New York on Monday, the FBI explains that it has
"decided to re-examine"
the prerogative it has invoked in the past not to disclose certain sensitive documents, in order
"to identify what information additional it would be appropriate to make public ”.
The federal police added that they
"will make this information public gradually and as quickly as possible".
This FBI engagement is part of a legal battle waged by families of 9/11 victims against Saudi Arabia and other states they accuse of complicity. During these proceedings, successive US governments have invoked state secrecy in order not to publish certain documents. President Joe Biden quickly let it be known in a statement that he
"welcomed"
the decision to reconsider the classification of certain documents.
"As I promised during my campaign, my administration is committed to ensuring the greatest legal degree of transparency and to respecting the rigorous rules enacted (during the tenure of President Barack Obama) on the invocation of state secrecy "
, has he said.
The subject is sensitive, as the United States prepares to commemorate the twenty years of the attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and against the Pentagon, including a ceremony in New York which Joe Biden is to attend. At the end of last week, families of victims, survivors of the attacks and members of rescue teams published a letter letting it be known that the Democratic president would not be
"welcome"
at the ceremony if he did not
"hold his own." promise".
The letter calls for the publication of all documents revealing, according to the signatories, Saudi Arabia's involvement in the attacks. The mail was signed by around 1,700 people, according to US media.
