WASHINGTON - Bob Graham, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said yesterday he is seeking to declassify ''the most important information'' obtained in a congressional probe of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Graham, Democrat of Florida, described the material as a key toward better protecting the United States. Graham's panel and the House Intelligence Committee have conducted a joint investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks, holding a series of hearings.
The committees are to issue a draft report by the end of this year, with a final report due in February. In the meantime, they are seeking to declassify much of what they learned. ''Frankly, there is a piece of information which is still classified which I consider to be the most important information that's come to the attention of the joint committee,'' Graham said on CBS's ''Face the Nation.''
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Graham said, ''There's been a pattern in which information is provided on a classified basis, and then what is declassified are those sections of the report that are most advantageous to the administration.''
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