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Declassified 9/11 Report Includes Scathing Rebuttal From CIA Director

A declassified, and only slightly redacted version of the CIA’s report on the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, which was released in June, absolves Saudi Arabia of any involvement in the attacks, paints a picture of interagency bickering, fights over turf, and a strained relationship between the CIA and FBI. The report itself is not new, however, the version released in June is far less redacted than previous versions, and includes rebuttal memos from then-CIA Director George Tenet to Inspector General John Helgerson.

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CIA relents in secrecy fight on presidential intelligence briefings

After decades of stiff resistance, the CIA is preparing to pull back the curtain—to an extent—on one of the most vaunted rituals in the intelligence world: the daily briefing delivered to American presidents on world events and global threats.

At a conference in Austin, Texas Wednesday, the spy agency is set to release about 2,500 President’s Daily Briefs and similar reports delivered to President John F. Kennedy and then to President Lyndon Johnson during a nearly-eight-year span in the 1960s. The briefings detail the evolution of the war in Vietnam and responses to events like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Six-Day War in the Middle East.