Rand Paul Responds to Obama Administration Releasing 28 Pages of 9/11 Report

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released a statement on the Obama Administration’s decision to declassify at least part of the redacted 28 pages of the  Congressional 9/11 Inquiry.

“Nearly a year ago, I called on the Obama administration to release the redacted 28 pages of the 9/11 congressional inquiry. I firmly believe the family members of the victims of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have a right to know the details surrounding the tragedies. I am pleased President Obama is going heed my request in releasing the final 28 pages of the 9/11 congressional inquiry; the American people deserve a government that instills trust and a restoration of their sense of security,” Sen. Paul said in the statement.

The documents contain information from the joint congressional inquiry into “specific sources of foreign support for some of the Sept. 11 hijackers while they were in the United States” according to TheBlaze. 

Senator Paul was one of the co-sponsors of the Transparency for the Families of 9/11 Victims and Survivors Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill that would “require President Obama to declassify and make available to the public the redacted 28 pages from the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001.”

The other sponsors were Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), both key allies of Paul in the Senate.