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Operation encore. this isnt the only reports that will be coming out in the next six months from the executive order from the president. you know, he has ordered that all of these files be reviewed. things that have state secrets stamped on them. the overly classified documents and documents that they have refused to produce. theres going to be a lot more information, but yeah, there are direct ties to the kingdom through these individuals. >> so you look forward to more. what does it say to you...

Relatives of victims in the terrorist attacks say they deserve closure but have been rebuffed in efforts to obtain documents from U.S. investigations

It was never our intent to exonerate the saudis. it was a vaguely worded sentence. the commissioners themselves said we were underfounded, underresourced. bob mueller set up road blocks for every path that they had back to the saudis. so it wasnt until 2006, two years later, that the fbi opened a secret investigation called operation encore. it went for a decade that the 9-11 commission has never had the luxury of relying upon. so when you hear the saudis point to the 9-11 commission report as a...

Of the summary report of operation encore which was the evacuation -- the investigation into their connection to the 9/11 attacks. jillian: are you surprised the 20 years later you dont have all the answers that you want and are looking for? >> yes, i am surprised, i am angry, i am tired of this fight is was there a support network put in place here, what really happened to enable the attacks to take place? we believe the answers are in these reports the president has ordered to be reviewed and ...

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the Justice Department and other agencies to oversee a “declassification review” of documents related to the FBI’s investigations into the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

In an exclusive interview with CBS News, former FBI agent Danny Gonzalez said "19 hijackers cannot commit 3,000 mass murders by themselves."

Potential terrorists were taking flight lessons in arizona. both men are now working for the families. >> the evidence is there, ive seen it, but i cant get into specifics because of the protective order. >> reporter: the 9/11 families are suing saudi arabia for money. the saudis deny official involvement, and the 9/11 commission report found no connection. but operation encore started two years after the commissions report. if we go through the teams records from operation encore... >> right. >...

Arabia helped the 9/11 hijackers. we get more now from cbss catherine herridge, including an exclusive interview with two former investigators.>> reps thats my dad.en his father >> reporter: eagleson is now leading a group of 9/11 families battling their own government to release still-secret f.b.i. files from the case. >> its a ten-year-long investigation, that specifically investigated the role that the kingdom of saudi arabia played in supporting the hijackers. >> reporter: the case, code-nam...

Themselves. >> reporter: based on what you found, do you believe there was a domestic support network for the hijackers? >> obviously. >> reporter: no question? >> but i cant comment on it. but you dont have to be an f.b.i. agent with 26 years of experience to figure that out. >> reporter: gonzalez says the two hijackers, nawaf al hazmi and khalid al mihdhar, were helped by a number of saudis, including omar al bayoumi. bayoumi was working for the saudi government, and has said he randomly ran i...

Relatives believe the information will prove the Saudi government was complicit in the attacks – while newly available files have already raised questions about Langley’s involvement. Family members of 9/11 victims have warned Joe Biden to stay away from the upcoming 20th anniversary memorial events, unless officials are willing to declassify documents that the relatives believe will prove the Saudi Arabian government was involved in the attacks. “There is simply no reason – unmerited ...