Because the government classifies things when they’re simply embarrassing. It doesn’t need to rise to “national security threat” for the USA to feel the need to quash the ability of citizenry to talk about it. Even if it’s not all that bad and simply embarrassing. They are way too cavalier about using classification powers because they don’t want their dirty laundry aired.
What’s left to release is probably a lot less exciting than people think.
When I was younger, I believed there was a good chance that it was an inside job - the CIA, specifically. This was the only conspiracy theory I ever took seriously.
Because the government classifies things when they’re simply embarrassing. It doesn’t need to rise to “national security threat” for the USA to feel the need to quash the ability of citizenry to talk about it. Even if it’s not all that bad and simply embarrassing. They are way too cavalier about using classification powers because they don’t want their dirty laundry aired.
What’s left to release is probably a lot less exciting than people think.
As with a large portion of conspiracies, the conspiracy was almost certainly the cover up of incompetence
Incompetence and conspiracy, name a more iconic duo.
When I was younger, I believed there was a good chance that it was an inside job - the CIA, specifically. This was the only conspiracy theory I ever took seriously.
Now, my beliefs are much closer to yours.
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-last-confession-of-e-howard-hunt-76611/
I just watched White House Plumbers a few weeks ago, an HBO miniseries about Hunt and Liddy’s ridiculous fuckup at Watergate.
Certain missing police tapes are a good example. Why can they keep the school tapes from the people? Surely the suspect is dead.
Or… It was aliens.
I’m not saying it’s aliens…