Joe Biden moves to declassify documents about September 11 attacks

The order directs the Justice Department and other executive branch agencies to begin a declassification review and requires that declassified documents be released over the next six months

US President Joe Biden. File Picture: Susan Walsh/AP

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the declassification of certain documents related to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The move is seen as a supportive gesture to victims’ families who have long sought the records in hopes of implicating the Saudi government.