The U. S. Senate Calls For Declassification of ALL 9/11 Documents

Senate Resolution 610 Adopted Without Objection

At the end of September 2018, the United States Senate called for declassification of all "documents related to the events of September 11, 2001" and "that the survivors, the families of the victims, and the people of the United States deserve answers about the events and circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States." While non-binding, this sense-of-the-Senate resolution (S. Res, 610) places the United States Senate firmly in the position of supporting the call that many in the 9/11 Truth Movement have sought for years.

While S. Res. 610 is not the call for the new 9/11 investigation that Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (among others) have been seeking, this resolution highlights how the full story of 9/11 continues to be withheld – not only from the people of the United States, but to the family members and even the members of the United States Senate. The enactment of this Senate Resolution illustrates what the 9/11 Truth Movement has been saying for years – that critical information is still being withheld from the people of the United States.  We can use this official pronouncement by the Unites States Senate to ask others to join us in calling for the release of all the documents – and analysis – performed during the investigations.

Senator Blumenthal also notes in his comments from the floor that, "... 17 years after this national tragedy, the appropriate declassification – releasing these documents – poses no threat to our national security, and there is no reason for the Federal Government to resist their requests. These files have been kept secret for too long."

A companion resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives, H. Res. 663, has been referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform where it is awaiting action – action that an awakened citizenry can help bring about.

In this election cycle, the people of the United States have the opportunity to ask all candidates for public office to firmly commit themselves to supporting these resolutions as well as additional legislation that wields the force of law into the process of declassifying 9/11 related documents.

 Senator Blumenthal Speaks on the Senate Floor

URGING THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES

Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, shortly, I will move for unanimous consent to pass S. Res. 610, urging the release of information regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks upon the United States. It is a bipartisan resolution, and I thank the cosponsors who joined me in this historic effort: Senators CORNYN, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MURPHY, MENENDEZ, GRASSLEY, MARKEY, BOOKER, RUBIO, and SANDERS. At a time of very deep division in our country and in this body, all of us are still able to come together to help the survivors and families of the horrific September 11 terrorist attack as they seek justice and fairness to deter additional and ongoing state sponsorship of terrorism. Following our successful efforts in 2016 to enact the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, also known as JASTA, the families of 9/11 victims who perished earned the right to have their day in court. We thought that day would come quickly and that they would receive justice. We believe they also earned a right to the necessary Federal Government archive investigative files on the al-Qaida terrorists and the foreign nationals who may have assisted. As much as we expected justice, the Federal Government denied them those records and documents that are vital to their cause.