Declassification Review Process News Today

Been released. this country needs to do a better job protecting themselves going forward. that is what we see going forward, to do a full declassification review process with all these documents. jillian: as we approach the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 in light of everything that has happened in afghanistan the last few weeks, are you feeling different than you otherwise would have? >> what happened in afghanistan is frightening when they released and you saw thousands of jihadists freed, terri...

>> my reaction is hes the president of the united states and he will come to the memorial that stand and pay his respects as he should but the release of the documents, this is a declassification review process of these documents, the department of justice to go back and review these documents they overly abused the state secret privilege and classification process and withheld documents so he really took a very strong step forward for the families. that is what we asked him to do, introduced le...

The united states sitting on american soil working with the hijackers, planning and plotting the murder of my husband and 3000 other innocent people. eric: the saudis deny that. >> oh yes. but they also fight vehemently for these documents to stay hidden so what are they so afraid of? its a ten year investigation into the saudis kept from the american public for way too long. we are now asking for a full declassification review process and with the 9/11 transparency act has been introduced to ma...

Reaction has been subdued compared to what weve seen the president do in the past in terms of these choices. >> the white house post has a story where they say people in the white house saying the slightest thing he said could sooth the president. so he found another outlet. but what were told by republicans who are closely involved in this process is that they feel better than they did sunday night when this was all blowing up. their theory is that because of the gaps in the recollection of the...

>> i believe he did, yeah. >> what did he say exactly? >> well, if i recall it correctly, he wasnt even there. >> so what do you make of that? >> well, i believe him. >> a white house official confirmed to nbc news that kavanaugh says he was not at the party in question. kavanaughs attendance has not been corroborated. he has firmly denied the allegation of sexual assault since it emerged last week. president trump weighed in on the controversy. while trump maintained his support for kavanaugh...

President trump also ordered the release of unredacted text messages of former doj and fbi officials whom he regularly criticizes on twitter including james comey, andrew mccabe, peter strzok, lisa page as well as orr. the white house said the order was made at the request of a number of committees of congress and for reasons of transparency. the justice department said that it has begun the declassification review process to ensure the safety of national security interests. a u.s. official told...

X drunk. democrats and several top republicans say they wont be satisfied until they hear from kavanaugh and ford in a public hearing. >> if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> reporter: as for the president, he says he wants a thorough process. >> you have to go through this. if it takes a little delay, it will take a little delay. >> reporter: top republicans tell nbc news there will be a hearing next monday. ford and kavanaugh will be invited. in a ne...

Good morning. it is tuesday, september 18th. im ayman mohyeldin. republicans called for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford, the woman accusing him of sexual assault, to testify publicly next week at a hearing that could potentially determine the fate of his nomination. senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley announced the hearing will be next monday after fellow republicans called for an open examination of the allegations. grassley said his staff tried re...

>> do you know if hes offered to withdraw from the process? >> next question. what a ridiculous question that is. [ inaudible question ] >> do you think his confirmation is on trial? >> i think hes on track, yeah. i think hes very much on track. if they delay it a little bit just to make sure everybodys happy -- they want to be happy. i can tell you, the republican senators want to be 100% happy themselves. in an unprecedented move, presumptive nominee is using the power of his office to order...

Process. one thing i will say is that, as i understand it, judge kavanaugh spent quite a bit of time with senator feinstein and it wasnt even brought up at that meeting and she had this information. so you would have thought certainly that she would have brought it up at the meeting, not wait until everything is finished and then have to start a process all of again. with all of that being said, we want to go through a full process. i have great confidence in the u.s. senate and their procedures...