Commission requests declassification of August 2001 memo

[Judi Lynn]

Commission requests declassification of August 2001 memo
Associated Press
Apr. 8, 2004 03:49 PM


WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 commission called on the Bush administration to declassify an intelligence document titled 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."

Sean McCormack, a National Security Council spokesman, later said, "We have every intention to declassify it."

The memo is a so-called Presidential Daily Brief. PDBs are a compilation of information from law enforcement and intelligence agencies to keep the president updated on threats around the world. They normally are circulated among only a select group of top administration officials.

Commissioners already have seen the Aug. 6, 2001, PDB about bin Laden but want it released to the public "because we feel it's important that the American people get a chance to see it," commission chairman Thomas Kean said.
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