I ain't no fortunate son

[cyrano]

So I realize we're coming up on an election, which is why we're suddenly actually concerned with airport security. But is there any other reason for the recent release of 9/11 911 tapes? I've been poking at articles and I haven't seen anything--did somebody make a FOI act request? Did the 9/11 Comission release them into public domain just now, almost five years later?
I'm certain there's some sort of 'last hurdle just cleared' but I can't find out what it was, and wonder if anybody else knows.

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[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

I would think doing it right on the anniversary would be rather gauche.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'm not certain that I want 'gauche' to be a consideration for governmental guidelines for information release.
I'm not certain the government, in its bureaucratic heart, has much consideration for 'gauche'.
I do not deny that it's possible that somebody in the Port Authority office (or whoever is in charge of holding those records private) said "It would be more considerate to release these records a month early," but I'm not convinced.