REP Massie: Totally Dumbfounded by 9/11 '28 Redacted Pages'

Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) is one of a number of lawmakers URGING the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT to DECLASIFY 28 REDACTED PAGES of a report investigating the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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Representative Massie said at a press conference that when he read the redacted pages of the report, titled “Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001,” he had to stop “every couple pages” to try to rearrange his “understanding of history.”

Representative Massie: This is something that the FAMILIES DESERVE TO KNOW. This information -- it's been a DECADE that -- OVER A DECADE ~ 13 YEARS since this event happened. And, we've had a NARRATIVE in the MEDIA and in the PRESS and in the collective American CONSCIENCE of what happened that day but I don't think it's fully informed and it won't be fully informed until EVERYBODY gets to SEE these 28 pages. And, just to echo what Congressman Lynch said, "I'm here for the families but I'm also here for our country to look forward. We have to decide how to prevent another 9/11-type event from happening. Until you have the FULL picture of what ACTUALLY happened -- the INTELLIGENCE picture -- how can you participate in that debate? How can we know what we do will prevent another '9/11' from happening? And, how can we know that some of the things that maybe we would otherwise endeavor to do might be OVERREACTIONS? So, also, I want to talk about the experience of sitting down reading these 28 pages:

It's in a room where it's soundproof and you're escorted in there and you're escorted out and there are NO notes. But this is something -- it's sort of SHOCKING when you read it. As I read it -- and we all had our own experience -- I had to STOP EVERY COUPLE PAGES and just SORT OF ABSORB and TRY TO REARRANGE my UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY for the PAST 13 years and the YEARS leading up to that. It challenges you to RETHINK EVERYTHING! And so, I think the WHOLE COUNTRY NEEDS to go through that. It's gonna be DIFFICULT and could be EMBARRASSING. But that is NO REASON TO KEEP THE TRUTH FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

I want to finish with two challenges: I want to challenge ALL the Congressmen who have NOT read these 28 pages -- who HAVE THE ABILITY to go read these 28 pages -- to do it for your constituents. There are 435 districts in this country. Every Congressman NEEDS to SEE these 28 pages. THEN, I challenge them to co-sponsor Congressman [Walter] Jones (R-NC) and Congressman [Stephen] Lynch's (D-MA) Bill, like I have. And, finally, the final challenge I want to issue is to THOSE who would KEEP THESE PAGES SECRET. You NEED to have your OWN press conference. You need to be HELD TO A STANDARD to ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, "Why do you want to keep these 28 pages SECRET?" In my estimation, even as shocking at the 28 pages are and as much as they sort of REARRANGE my UNDERSTANDING of WHAT HAPPENED, I DON'T think it would HURT our NATIONAL SECURITY to RELEASE this and it would GIVE FAMILIES the ANSWERS they DESERVE, as well. Thank you very much.

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