re: Politico Opposes Public Access to Information, Says JFK Document Dump Could Be a Fiasco

Just because it's old news doesn't mean there weren't sensitive operations we were conducting during that time that we want to keep secret. Releasing it, even today, will give foreign nations a peek inside our intelligence apparatus even if most of the people involved are long dead.

For instance, what if it's discovered that a high ranking Soviet was on the CIAs payroll? What if this guy did things that had a major effect on Soviet/American relations during the period? What if he has family still living there? You can see how they might be in danger.

That said, I am in favor of the release just because I am an open source type of guy who feels the free flow of information is always more beneficial than secrecy.