The head of the CIA questioned the need to publish the secret part of the report on the 9/11 attacks. According to him, it contains unconfirmed information about Saudi Arabia may be misinterpreted.
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Brennan, opposed the publication of the classified part of the report on the September 11, 2001 attacks. Brennan's statements were broadcast on NBC on the fifth anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden.
According to the head of the CIA, the Congressional investigation was only a "preliminary report." Subsequently, the issues raised in it were "fully researched and studied" by the commission of inquiry of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
“They [the commissioners] made a very clear judgment that there was no evidence to indicate that the Saudi government in general or Saudi officials individually provided financial support to Al Qaeda,” Brennan said.
“I think some people might seize on unconfirmed, unverified information to point to Saudi Arabia's involvement, which I think is very, very wrong,” he said.
Brennan described the United States' relationship with Saudi Arabia as "very healthy." “There are several differences of opinion on how some of the regional problems should be addressed,” he said, adding that “this is just very useful.”
A report on the investigation of the terrorist attacks was published in 2002. One part of it, 28 pages long, remained closed to the public by the decision of President George W. Bush. Information about the content of this part was leaked to the American media from people who got acquainted with it. According to unconfirmed reports, it spoke of the possible involvement of some individuals and legal entities in Saudi Arabia in these terrorist attacks.
Earlier in April, FoxNews, citing former Senator Bob Graham, who served on the commission of inquiry, said President Obama could remove the "top secret" label from the 28 pages of the terrorist investigation report.
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