Washington.- Much of the duel heals over time, but when a piece fails, when something doesn’t fit, closing the scar is more complicated. This is what several families of victims of the attacks of the September 11, Who have spent two decades with this wound unhealed, suffering from the lack of responses to an event that took them out of their loved ones and with the certainty that the government is hiding information from them.
For years, associations of relatives of victims have initiated a lawsuit against the government of Saudi Arabia, Whom they accuse of sponsoring the terrorists who perpetrated the attack. For them, the fact that 15 of the 19 were Saudi is sufficient proof, although the congressional committee of the 11-S found no clear evidence that the Saudi government supported the attacks.
This did not help to reduce speculation. On the contrary: the relatives of the victims believe that everything is a ploy to protect a friendly government like the Saudi one, despite its multiple and repeated human rights violations.
“Part of our pain lies in not yet knowing the full scope of who was involved in planning the attacks, who supported the attackers and who benefited from this heinous act,” he said. Larry Cosme, From the Federal Association of Law Agents.
“If our government is clinging to documents that could add context to what was already revealed in the 9/11 Commission Report, then these documents should be available. Only with full transparency can they families and 9/11 emergency services get the answers they deserve to help advance their healing process, ”he added.
For 20 years, they have been pursuing more information to clarify what happened, who was really behind the attacks. The fact that the three administrations that have ruled at this time (Bush son, Obama i Trump) Refusing to disclose the documents, even trying to block applications and laws with broad congressional support, worries relatives of victims.
There has come a point when, a few weeks ago, a group of senators from both parties introduced a law to force the Joe Biden government from becoming the fourth administration to avoid transparency in intelligence documents. on the subject.
“It is unfortunate that the United States Congress it needs to introduce legislation to force the Biden administration to stop covering up the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ”said Brett Eagleson, whose father died in the Twin Towers of New York when he was just 15 years old.
The patience of the victims’ associations is to such an extent that they even asked President Joe Biden not to attend the commemoration of the anniversary if he did not declassify the documents. “Since the conclusion of the 9/11 Commission in 2004, much evidence has been uncovered in the investigation involving Saudi government officials in support of the attacks,” a group of victims described in a letter sent to the trustee in early August.
The White House reacted almost instantly, pledging to review them with the goal of calming family tensions and fulfilling their election promise.
On September 3, Biden signed a decree to lift the secrecy of several of the 9/11-related documents.
The executive order states that “significant events occurred two decades or more ago and are related to a tragic event that continues to resonate in the history of the United States and in the lives of many Americans. It is therefore critical to ensure – that the US government maximizes transparency, resorting to confidentiality only when it is necessary and narrowly defined. “
The decree instructs the Department of Justice and other agencies of the executive branch to begin the declassification review and requires that the declassified documents be published within the next six months.
“When I ran for president, I pledged to ensure transparency on the declassification of documents related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States. As we approach the twentieth anniversary of this tragic day, I am fulfilling that commitment, “Biden said after signing the decree.
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