Groups, lawmakers seek public version of CIA accountability report

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Calls mounted this week for the CIA to produce a public version of a classified report detailing the actions of senior agency officials prior to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The CIA's inspector general delivered a long-awaited report to Congress Tuesday describing problems at the agency before the 9/11 attacks and naming individuals who bear most of the responsibility. The report was delivered to the House and Senate intelligence committees.

The report remains classified, but advocacy organizations and some lawmakers say they want the CIA to release a public version. The CIA had no comment Friday on the report or whether the agency would try to produce a public version.

A spokesman for Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., said she "absolutely" wants the CIA to issue a declassified version of the report. Harman is the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee.

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