Can this be true? According to Fox News’ chad Pergram, Speaker of the House and former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said in an interview this morning with the network that he hasn’t yet read the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 report:
On Fox, Ryan says he is going to read the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 rpt. Says it didn't come up during his visit to Saudi Arabia
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) April 26, 2016
Why not? They’re available to any member of Congress who wants to read them. From NBC News:
The so-called “28 pages” are locked away in a secure basement room at the Capitol and although they can be read by members of Congress, the pages remain classified.
That the two of the hijackers involved in the September 11th attacks landed in Los Angeles, moved to San Diego and obtained housing, language lessons and identification is widely known.
However, those 28 pages could shed more light on the money and connections used to do so and are said to include information “suggesting specific sources of foreign support for some of the September 11 hijackers while they were in the United States,” according to the chapter’s introduction in the report.
Last week, Ryan came out in favor of releasing the 28 redacted pages which he didn’t read:
Paul Ryan backs release of the missing 28 pages from the 9/11 report https://t.co/vaU6uQ2USm pic.twitter.com/JomiBfLfFD
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 20, 2016
And Ryan recently sided with President Obama on a bill making its way through Congress that would allow families of those killed on 9/11 to sue the Saudi government:
Paul Ryan and Obama team again; Move to block 9/11 bill… https://t.co/uPcNHG0LBV
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) April 20, 2016
We get that members of Congress can be weasels and by not reading the 28 pages they don’t have to answer uncomfortable questions about the 28 pages, but shouldn’t Rep. Ryan act a little differently?
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