Map of Cuba, showing the Bay of Pigs (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
that the last volume in a CIA history of the Bay of Pigs invasion that was written more than 30 years ago and 51 years after the ill-fated Cuban mission should remain secret.
In an opinion released Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler said Volume V in the CIA’s Official History of the Bay of Pigs was a draft that was “rejected for inclusion in the final publication” and was exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Washington-based National Security Archive, a research institute and library, filed suit last year asking for declassification of all five volumes in the set after its previous FOIA requests were unsuccessful.
Volumes I, II, and IV were released last April. Volume III had actually been declassified in 1998 but researchers remained unaware of the fact until a Villanova university professor found it stashed in a box at the National Archives Kennedy Assassination Records Collection in 2005.
The National Security Archive called Kessler’s decision “a regrettable blow to the right-to-know.”
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Filed under: 3. Access law | Tagged: Bay of Pigs, Central Intelligence Agency, Cuba, National security, National Security Archive |
What could possibly still be a national security concern after all these years?