"Did censoring a 9/11 report pave the way for ISIS?"

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Did censoring a 9/11 report pave the way for ISIS?

CBC Radio One Brent Bambury

http://www.cbc.ca/day6/blog/2014/10/09/did-911-report-censorship-pave-the-way-for-isis/

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As co-chair, Bob Graham was one of the authors of the report, 28 pages of which have remained classified since it was published in 2002. At the time U.S. President George W. Bush said releasing the information posed a threat to national security.

Some who have had read the excised pages say they relate to Saudia Arabia's support for the 9/11 hijackers.

Graham says that Saudi Arabia has a long history of ideological and financial support for Wahhabism, a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. ISIS ascribes to that interpretation.

"I believe that had the role of Saudi Arabia in 9/11 been disclosed by the release of the 28 pages and by the declassification of other information as to the Saudi role and support of the 9/11 hijackers that it would have made it much more difficult for Saudi Arabia to have continued that pattern of behaviour...and I think would have had a good chance of reigning in the activity that today Canada, the United States and other countries either are or are not considering going to war with," said Graham in an interview with Brent Bambury host of Day 6 on CBC Radio.

Graham's comments come as the Obama administration faces increasing pressure to release those 28 secret pages. A bipartisan resolution is calling on the White House to make them public. Democratic congressman Stephen Lynch from Massachusetts, who co-sponsored the resolution, has said he thinks information in those pages has a direct bearing on the war against the ISIS. Graham agrees.




"The connection is a direct one. Not only has Saudi Arabia been promoting this extreme form of religion but it also has been the principal financier, first of Al Qaeda then of the various Al Qaeda franchises around the world specifically the ones in Somalia and Yemen and now the support of ISIS," said Graham.


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[johnnyreb]

1. Graham: "protecting...the close family ties between the bUsh family and the Saudi, er, Kingdom."

Senator Bob Graham at 2:53 in the audio, regarding the redaction:

"My personal feeling is that it probably had more to do with things like protecting the special relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the close family ties between the bUsh family and the Saudi, er, Kingdom. And the desire to avoid embarassment to the agencies, whose activities would have been disclosed by the release of those 28 pages."

[hollysmom]

4. bingo

[still_one]

2. No, bush/Cheney going into Iraq created isis

[Cha]

3. bush, cheney and the neocons started it and this cover-up only worsened it..

[Electric Monk]

5. 56 recs when posted yesterday. I'll K&R yours too, though.

yesterday's: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5653544

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6. I didn't see it yesterday. Thanks. I'll be more careful. But I'll leave it up tonight too.