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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 🇸🇦 US Government blocks the unsealing of evidence related to the 9/11 attacks. A recent letter reveals the US government opposed the release of evidence concerning the 9/11 attacks. Families of the victims have initiated a lawsuit to uncover evidence they believe implicates the Saudi government in the attacks. Fifteen out of nineteen hijackers involved in 9/11 were of Saudi origin, and the leader of al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, also had connections to the Saudi royal family. Despite these connections, the Saudi government has consistently denied any involvement in the attack that resulted in nearly 3,000 fatalities. The Department of Justice and the FBI have written to the judge presiding over the lawsuit between 9/11 victims and Saudi Arabia, urging him not to disclose the materials sought by the families for public release. The letter, obtained from court records, argues that previously undisclosed evidence should not be made public until the agency has had a chance to review it. "The FBI believes it is not appropriate to request a blanket Privacy Act order to unseal a large collection of documents before the FBI has had the opportunity to review them. The materials cited in the plaintiffs' filings, including their 564-page averment, and the documents marked at depositions are extensive, and they involve a wide range of privacy interests and information of varying levels of potential relevance to the issues in the pending motions," the letter states. "Furthermore, while the majority of the redactions identified through the FBI's review to date have been subject to the Privacy Act, the FBI has a broader law enforcement interest in preventing the wholesale public disclosure of the personally identifying information of U.S. persons who were witnesses or of investigative interest in FBI investigations."