The Biden administration's plan to freeze Afghan funds and split the pot between an Afghan humanitarian relief trust and the relatives of 9/11 victims has drawn the ire of many, including the 9/11 victim family members who are concerned over how the dollars would be divided. More.
9/11 Families Worry Only a Fraction Will See The $3.5B In Afghan Funds
Biden to split frozen Afghan funds for 9/11 victims, relief
President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Friday to split the $7 billion in Afghan assets frozen in the U.S. to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a U.S. official familiar with the decision. More.
Landmark Bill to Expand Health Care for Post-9/11 Toxic-Exposed Veterans
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee unanimously approved landmark legislation championed by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) to help meet the needs of veterans suffering from conditions caused by toxic exposure. This legislation will now go to the full Senate for consideration. More.
Tom Kean calls on Biden to release all secret files on possible Saudi links to the 9/11 attacks
Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, who went from the rough elbows of Trenton politics to guide the highly regarded 9/11 Commission, has called on the Biden administration to declassify all top-secret files on America’s worst terrorist attack. More.
Remembering Todd Gitlin, witness to 9/11
In 2000, when openDemocracy was being planned by four of us in a garage in North London’s Tufnell Park, our first visitor was America’s Todd Gitlin. How he found out about us, I don’t know. More.
Tom Kean looks back 20 years after the attacks of 9/11
Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, who chaired the 9/11 Commission, reflects on the 20th anniversary of the attacks. More.
9/11 suspect, Gitmo detainee to be sent back to Saudi Arabia
The U.S. is preparing to transfer a man suspected of being a 9/11 hijacker from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia. The Pentagon announced that this comes after a review board recommended Mohammed al-Qahtani be transferred so he can be treated at a rehabilitation and mental health care program for extremists in Saudi Arabia. More.
Covid-19 Commission Modeled on 9/11 Inquiry Draws Bipartisan Backing
But Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Mr. Biden’s top medical adviser for the pandemic, said it was important to investigate the origins of the pandemic. He said it took years after the coronavirus that caused SARS emerged in 2002 to determine that it had almost certainly jumped from bats or civets to humans at a wet market in China. More.