<span style="color: #222222;">In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The document details contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the US but does not provide proof that senior Saudi government officials were complicit in the plot.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Released on the 20th anniversary of the attacks, the document is the first investigative record to be disclosed since President Joe Biden ordered a declassification review of materials that for years have remained out of public view.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The 16-page document is a summary of an FBI interview done in 2015 with a man who had frequent contact with Saudi nationals in the US who supported the first hijackers to arrive in the country before the attacks.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">President Biden last week ordered the Justice Department and other agencies to conduct a declassification review and release what documents they can over the next six months. &nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The heavily redacted document was disclosed on Saturday night, hours after Biden attended September 11 memorial events in New York, Pennsylvania and northern Virginia.</span><br />
News On AIR | September 12, 2021 9:59 PM
FBI releases newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of Saudi hijackers in run-up to 9/11 attacks