CIA Director John Brennan has defended the classification of secret 9/11 congressional documents on the premise that their investigative findings were preliminary and not deemed to be accurate.
At the 'Meet the Press' last month, he said that the congressional findings weren't finalized and in the months after the attacks, just teed up issues were thoroughly investigated and reviewed by the 9/11 Commission.
That panel "came out with a very clear judgment that there was no evidence that indicated that the Saudi government as an institution, or Saudi officials individually, had provided financial support to al Qaeda," New York Post quoted Brennan as saying.
The Obama administration has been under pressure to release 28 classified pages from a congressional inquiry that alleged Saudi Arabia's involvement in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Though 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens, Saudi leaders have clearly denied any responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.
The White House is weighing whether to release some of the findings or not.
Meanwhile, one of the authors of the 28 pages publicly has been pressuring the administration.
Former Florida Senator Bob Graham had said that the pages point a strong finger at Saudi Arabia as a chief financier of the attacks. He also accused that the White House of covering up the truth.
"All the evidence points to Saudi Arabia. We know that Saudi Arabia started al Qaeda," Graham told "Meet the Press" in April, reports the New York Post.
Many believe that classifying the report would protect state sponsors of terrorism from being held accountable and undercuts families seeking justice.
