The CIA frequently destroys its own classified information to protect its operations.

“CIA has a long history of destroying its own classified information as late as 2010 so of course in the 1960s anything in paper would have been destroyed”

The initial government investigations were compromised by a desire to own the narrative and censor the truth.

“during that time that crucial time in the early days when everyone was scrambling to own the narrative they destroyed what they needed to destroy and and they actually did”

Government secrecy is repugnant to a free people and antithetical to American democracy because transparency is essential for self-governance.

“government secrecy is repugnant to a free people and that it is antithetical to American democracy”