GRAHAM KEEPS HIS NAME ON A1

Bob Graham finds himself in the middle of a major story as Bush plans to meet with Saudi officials who are furious about the congressional report on the Sept. 11 attacks, which has led to new scrutiny of Saudi involvement in the plot. The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler and Dana Priest report, "A key issue in the dispute is that 28 pages of the 900-page report, in a section dealing with allegations about Saudi Arabia, were entirely classified — but well-publicized — and some U.S. officials said it appeared the Saudi government was moving toward asking the president to declassify those pages." Graham has urged the declassification of the report. "Yesterday, Graham sent a letter to Bush citing Bandar's statement last week as a reason for declassifying those pages," the duo report. "Bandar 'is frustrated by the fact that there are rumors and speculation but the Saudi government does not have the ability to engage,' Graham said in an interview. Not only would release of the material inform the American public, he said, but 'it is now important to the relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to make it public.' "

Graham also plays prominently in The New York Times report on the Bush-Saudi sit-down.