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Do not fill this in! === Congressional inquiry === {{Main|Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001}} In February 2002, the [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]] and the [[House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]] formed a joint inquiry into the performance of the [[U.S. Intelligence Community]].<ref>[http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=263577 Press Release of Intelligence Committee], Senate and House Intelligence Committees Announce Joint Inquiry into the September 11 Terrorist Attacks, February 14, 2002.</ref> Their 832-page report released in December 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/911.html |title=Congressional Reports: Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 |access-date=August 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807204747/http://www.gpoaccess.gov//serialset/creports/911.html |archive-date=August 7, 2010}}</ref> detailed failings of the FBI and CIA to use available information, including about terrorists the CIA knew were in the United States, to disrupt the plots.<ref name="Theoharis 2006 p222β224">{{cite book |editor-first=Athan G. |editor-last=Theoharis |title=The Central Intelligence Agency: Security Under Scrutiny |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-nj4RLdHCU0C&pg=PA223 222β224] |year=2006 |isbn=0-313-33282-7}}</ref> The joint inquiry developed its information about possible involvement of Saudi Arabian government officials from non-classified sources.<ref name="McClatchy DC 2013-08-12">{{cite news |first=Ali |last=Watkins |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/12/199122_senate-intelligence-panel-could.html?rh=1 |title=Senate intelligence panel could seek to declassify documents; it just doesn't |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903123631/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/12/199122_senate-intelligence-panel-could.html|archive-date=September 3, 2014 |publisher=[[The McClatchy Company|McClatchy Washington Bureau]] |date=August 12, 2013}}</ref> Nevertheless, the Bush administration demanded 28 related pages remain classified.<ref name="Theoharis 2006 p222β224" /> In December 2002, the inquiry's chair [[Bob Graham]] (D-FL) revealed in an interview that there was "evidence that there were foreign governments involved in facilitating the activities of at least some of the terrorists in the United States".<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics-july-dec02-intelligence_12-11/ Improving Intelligence], [[PBS]] interview with Sen. Bob Graham, December 11, 2002.</ref> September 11 victim families were frustrated by the unanswered questions and redacted material from the congressional inquiry and demanded an independent commission.<ref name="Theoharis 2006 p222β224" /> September 11 victim families,<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Mondics |url=http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-31/business/48708504_1_osama-president-obama-law-firm |title=Struggling to detail alleged Saudi role in 9/11 attacks |work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> members of Congress<ref>[https://jones.house.gov/sites/jones.house.gov/files/Reps.%20Jones%20and%20Lynch%20Letter%20to%20Obama_28%20Pages.pdf April 10, 2014 Letter to Barack Obama] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907084340/http://jones.house.gov/sites/jones.house.gov/files/Reps.%20Jones%20and%20Lynch%20Letter%20to%20Obama_28%20Pages.pdf |date=September 7, 2016 }}, signed by Representatives [[Walter B. Jones Jr.]] and [[Stephen Lynch (politician)|Stephen Lynch]].</ref> and the Saudi Arabian government are still seeking the release of the documents.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jake |last=Tapper |author-link=Jake Tapper |url=http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/08/why-hasnt-obama-kept-promise-to-declassify-28-pages-about-911 |title=Why hasn't Obama kept a promise to declassify 28 pages of a report about 9/11? |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 8, 2014 |access-date=September 12, 2014 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803143353/https://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/08/why-hasnt-obama-kept-promise-to-declassify-28-pages-about-911/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Twenty-Eight Pages |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |first=Lawrence |last=Wright |url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/twenty-eight-pages |date=September 9, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2019}}</ref> In June 2016, CIA chief [[John O. Brennan|John Brennan]] said that he believes 28 redacted pages of a congressional inquiry into 9/11 will soon be made public, and that they will prove that the government of Saudi Arabia had no involvement in the September 11 attacks.<ref>{{cite news |first=Euan |last=McKirdy |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/12/politics/cia-john-brennan-saudi-arabia-9-11/ |title=CIA chief: Missing report pages exonerate Saudi Arabia in 9/11 attacks |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, Congress passed the [[Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act]] that would allow relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks to sue [[Saudi Arabia]] for its government's [[Alleged Saudi government role in the September 11 attacks|alleged role in the attacks]].<ref>"[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/23/obama-veto-terrorism-lawsuit-bill-setting-up-override-battle/90407496/ Why Obama doesn't want 9/11 families suing Saudi Arabia]". ''USA Today''. September 23, 2016.</ref><ref>"[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-warns-750b-response-9-11-liability-suit-article-1.2603675 Saudi Arabia threatens to pull $750B from U.S. economy if Congress allows them to be sued for 9/11 terror attacks]". ''Daily News'' (New York). April 16, 2016.</ref><ref>"[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/saudi-government-didn-fund-terrorists-obama-aide-article-1.2605678 Mayor de Blasio joins Democrats in calling on President Obama to go after Saudi Arabia on 9/11 ties]". ''Daily News'' (New York). April 19, 2016.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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