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What it was the lack cave transparency in the early years that was -- will never go away. people will never be satisfied. if there is not a release in their, people say, see, they are hiding something. they didn't release the real stuff here. people are not going to believe it. but i think the original sin from this happens so, so long ago. and the cia is probably keeping now stuff that the cia probably -- >> maybe, or maybe there's something about lee harvey oswald in there, john. >> if you look at what they released, the cia -- we released almost everything we have. and these redactions and ...

Satisfied. if there is a complete release and there's nothing in there, then it will cause people to say see, they're hiding something. they didn't release the real stuff here. people just aren't going to believe it, but i think the original sin from this happened so, so long ago. what the cia is probably keeping now is the stuff the cia always likes. >> maybe or maybe there's something about lee harvey oswald in there, john. >> well, you look at what they released and the cia says we've now released almost everything we have and the redactions in these new releases are much smaller than the r...

Justify the delay all of these years. historians love to comb over this. conspiracy theories when you don't release all of the information say that means they're hiding something. >> right, they do. i think the justification has primarily been to protect informants that were used at the time, some of whom might still be alive, but i think historians in general advocate opening records, allowing historians, journalists and others to learn more about the story transparency and daylight is always the best, but not only to understand the history, but actually to rebut the kind of conspiracy theori...

That when you're hiding something, you don't want that. they are hiding a lot of things. they lied about that exchange. portnoy can prove it. he joins us tonight. thanks for coming on. you grew up in boston. you probably grew up in a factually that took the new york times seriously. you lived in new york. you may live there now. were you surprised by this? >> no. at this point i wasn't. but what you just said, i talked to my dad, who is somebody who i say trusts the new york times. that's the alarming part. another way you preface it, i reached out to her seven months ago. they've been doing t...

It because what would be wrong with that when you're hiding something, you don't want that. and they are hiding a lot of things. they lied about that exchange. >> and portnoy, unlike most people, can prove it. he joins us tonight. tonight, thanks for coming on . so you grew up in boston? i think you probably grew up in a family that took the new york times seriously. you've lived in new york . >> you may live there now. were you surprised by this? no, at this point i wasn't. >> but what you just said, i talk to my dad, who is somebody who what i say trust the new york times. >> yeah. and that'...