06-09-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com

US weighs releasing name sought in Saudi 9/11 suit

The Justice Department is wrestling with whether to disclose a name sought by the plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit that seeks to link the government of Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 attacks.Attorney General William Barr faced a Friday deadline for deciding whether to release the name or to invoke a rarely used state secrets privilege and refuse to divulge the information."We make this request because the FBI's response to the motion is being coordinated at the highest levels of the Department of
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