There's also the way all the bad shit the US government has admitted to is at least 40 years old.
And in 40 years, all the bad shit the US government will have admitted to will be at least 40 years old.
Because they generally declassify stuff after 40 years.
In fact, the automatic declassification executive order in 1996 was going to be set at 40 years, because that was already standard practice. People objected that that made it useless, so Clinton made it 25 years with lots of loopholes instead so it could be differently useless.
There's also the way all the bad shit the US government has admitted to is at least 40 years old.
And in 40 years, all the bad shit the US government will have admitted to will be at least 40 years old.
Because they generally declassify stuff after 40 years.
In fact, the automatic declassification executive order in 1996 was going to be set at 40 years, because that was already standard practice. People objected that that made it useless, so Clinton made it 25 years with lots of loopholes instead so it could be differently useless.