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NY Port Authority Releases Transcripts of 9/11 Calls

From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, this news on the release of “nearly 2,000 pages of transcripts of emergency calls made on September 11, 2001, to Port Authority police command from civilians and officers…under an order by Bergen County, N.J., Superior Court…Judge Sylvia R. Moses…The Times (New York Times) had told the court that the transcripts are a historical record of public employees doing their job during a national emergency and that they must be released under the states’ open records laws.”

  • Inside the Port Authority Tapes, and Fresh Glimpse in 9/11 Files of the Struggles for Survival.
  • According to an AP report, the Port Authority also plans to allow 9/11 family members access to these transcripts via a password protected site within a week’s time. It has not been determined whether the public will also have access to this site.
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