9/11 18th Anniversary
9/11/2001 is one of those days I’ll remember the rest of my life. I was driving to meet with clients about a remodeling project, we watched the second tower fall on their television.
Now I know how my parent’s generation felt about days like when JFK or MLK were assassinated.
For the families of those who were killed that day the pain must be unimaginable.
A victims group has a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia.
The alleged Saudi role in the September 11 attacks gained new attention after two former U.S. senators, co-chairmen of the Congressional Inquiry into the attacks, told CBS in April 2016 that the redacted 28 pages of the Congressional Inquiry’s report refer to evidence of Saudi Arabia’s substantial involvement in the execution of the attacks, and calls renewed to have the redacted pages released. 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens. (Wikipedia)
Their lawsuit has sought to release a redacted name. The plaintiffs believe that person has a connection to Saudi Arabia.
The recent non-scientific Sunday Poll didn’t get many responses — common with a wonky topic:
Q: Agree or disagree: The U.S. Department of Justice should not release the name that was redacted in a 2012 FBI report.
- Strongly agree: 2 [14.29%]
- Agree: 1 [7.14%]
- Somewhat agree: 2 [14.29%]
- Neither agree or disagree: 0 [0%]
- Somewhat disagree: 0 [0%]
- Disagree: 5 [35.71%]
- Strongly disagree: 3 [21.43%]
- Unsure/No Answer: 1 [7.14%]
As you can see above, most who responded think the name should be released. I agree, but don’t think it will be.
— Steve Patterson