And no, I don’t mean that in a fuzzy, idealistic sense; I mean our government should at least act like everyone will eventually know.

Look far enough into the future, and everything will become known, assuming the evidence isn’t destroyed while it’s still classified. That’s one of the provisions of our current security law; there’s a mandatory review after twenty-five years, and the object of the review is to determine why it shouldn’t be declassified. There has to be justification, or it will be.

So far, this doesn’t seem to be enough motivation…