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DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 14040
March 29, 2022
Today, in carrying out Executive Order 14040, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
released additional documents from the FBI’s investigation of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks and other investigations that are responsive to sections 2(b), 2(c), and 2(d) of the Executive
Order. With today’s release, the U.S. Government has now declassified and released more than
900 documents, totaling almost 4,000 pages, in furtherance of the Executive Order’s directive to
maximize transparency.
Over the past four weeks, the FBI has updated more than 70 documents that were
previously released on November 2 and December 30, 2021, lifting further redactions. Today’s
release and the releases on March 15, 18, and 23, 2022, reflect those updates. These updated
versions include the results of the U.S. Government’s coordination with over two dozen foreign
governments. Many of these documents also include passages containing analysis of banking,
financial, credit, communication, business, or education records that were or may have been
obtained pursuant to grand jury subpoena. This information could not be released prior to receiving
court authorization, which was granted in two separate orders on March 2 and 22, 2022.
This release note also updates the information contained in prior release notes to accurately
reflect, as of today, the number of documents that remain withheld in full and the reason for each
withholding. Specifically, the following release notes detailed that the FBI had identified a total of
44 documents that were withheld from public disclosure under redaction code C-1, for
“INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENT(S) AND WITHHELD AT
THE DIRECTION OF ANOTHER U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT
PENDING ONGOING CONSULTATION”:
Documents Responsive to Executive Order 14040 Section 2(b) Release Note 1
Documents Responsive to Executive Order 14040 2(c) Release Note 2
Documents Responsive to Executive Order 14040 2(d) Release Note 3
Following the required consultations, the FBI has released a subset of these documents. Currently,
there are 33 documents that remain withheld under the C-1 redaction code. This includes 8
documents responsive to Section 2(b) and 25 documents responsive to Section 2(c).