TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Sunday, November 16, 2003

From The Memory Hole

The Memory Hole has obtained 9/11 documents previously withheld by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. These transcripts of phone calls and radio transmissions, and copies of police reports, were finally released under a federal order resulting from a lawsuit brought by the New York Times. The Times originally sought the actual recordings but eventually settled for transcripts.

After the documents had been released to the media, a spokesperson for the Port Authority told The Memory Hole that it would not be able to get this material. "We're screening pretty carefully," she said on the phone, adding that the only way we'd see these documents would be to get our hands on a set already released to a media outlet. She also said, without prompting, that the Port Authority will never put these public documents online.

After invoking the Port Authority's freedom of information policy, we were able to get the material, but only after paying $500 . . .

The material will be posted in chunks, with new portions every week until it's all online.

| Posted at 02:58 | PERMA-LINK |

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