THE CIA CHANGES ITS MIND

WHY IS IT THAT I'M SKEPTICAL THEY WILL BE COMPLETELY FORTHCOMING?

After stand-off, CIA will release more documents on Nazi dealings
NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (JTA) — The CIA’s decision to interpret a law requiring national agencies to divulge information about Nazis more broadly has raised hopes that a more accurate picture of American dealings with Nazi war criminals may be around the corner.

“This is a major development, one that could finally fully open the book on our government’s close ties to Nazis,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who sponsored the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, a 1998 law, in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Members of the Nazi War Crimes Interagency Working Group, U.S. legislators and Jewish officials expressed outrage last week at the CIA’s refusal in recent years to declassify what could amount to hundreds of thousands of pages of information on Nazi war criminals.

But the intelligence agency made an about-face late last week, sending a letter to the chairman of the working group essentially acceding to their demands for a more liberal reading of the Disclosure Act and a more extensive declassification. A copy of the letter was obtained by JTA.