{"id":15973,"date":"2022-03-05T20:17:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T20:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=15973"},"modified":"2022-03-05T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T20:17:24","slug":"united-93-wreckage-photographs-and-videos-exempt-from-disclosure-nearly-21-years-after-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/united-93-wreckage-photographs-and-videos-exempt-from-disclosure-nearly-21-years-after-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"United 93 Wreckage Photographs and Videos &#8220;Exempt from Disclosure&#8221; Nearly 21 Years After 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After many denials over the years through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and after a Mandatory Declassification Review case was rejected (for an unclear reason) to get this material, The Black Vault filed a FOIA request to get the &#8220;photographs and videos of the wreckage of United Flight 93, taken on or around 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