Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said June is "certainly a realistic goal" for a decision on wheteher or not to release currently classified portions of the 9/11 report that some believe could implicate officials from Saudi Arabia in the terror attacks. | AP Photo Clapper: June 'realistic' for deciding whether to declassify 9/11 papers

National intelligence chief James Clapper says June is a "realistic" time frame for deciding whether to release a classified section of the 9/11 Commission Report that many observers believe could implicate some Saudi officials in the 2001 attacks.

Current and former lawmakers including ex-Senate Intelligence Chairman Bob Graham (D-Fla.) have pushed for public release of the 28 classified pages, with Graham renewing the pitch during a recent "60 Minutes" segment. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said during at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Monday that the administration is "trying to coordinate interagency position" on the declassification.


He echoed a prediction by Graham that the decision should come by June. "That is certainly a realistic goal," Clapper said.

Graham, who had co-chaired the congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, told "Meet the Press" on Sunday that he expected the Obama administration would decide to make at least some of the declassified material available. "The president’s staff at least has said that they will make a decision by June, and I hope that decision is to honor the American people and make it available," he said.

