U.S. Director of National Intelligence: 'Preliminary Decision On Releasing The Remaining 9/11 Report Expected Next Week'

Nominee for Director of National Intelligence retired Gen. James Clapper speaks alongside President Barack Obama in the White House Rose Garden Saturday June 5. Newscom

The Hill: Preliminary decision on secret 9/11 pages expected this week

The nation’s top intelligence official will tell the White House this week whether or not he supports declassifying 28 secret pages from a congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he told lawmakers on Tuesday evening.

Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), one of two sitting House lawmakers and a former senator to attend the 50-minute meeting, appeared hopeful that Director of National Intelligence James Clapper would move to declassify the 28 pages, which are believed to detail suspected links between the government of Saudi Arabia and the al Qaeda hijackers.

“He is going to, at the end of the week, send his recommendation to the White House,” Jones told The Hill in an interview in the Capitol on Wednesday.

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WNU Editor: A preliminary decision ?!?!? The decision is either a yes or no .... and if yes the next point that needs to be discussed is when will it be released. But "preliminary" .... what does that mean?