There's going to be equities there. And I think the American people would understand that. I agree. But a lot of this, I think, is power. And so The bureaucracy, when the president says declassify this, regardless of what it is from decades ago, they can't just let them have it. They all want to have their cuts on it. They want to be able to control it. And this is the way the bureaucracy and the career bureaucrats roll. (1:50:07–1:50:16)
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