16-03-2014, 07:52 PM
Notice, the story is about various aides and their "doubts" about the veracity of the Soviet files. The opposite may be true i.e. they were protecting the official story from possible revelations or investigative leads that would have driven even more nails into the LN myth. Or made misfeasance on the part of CIA etc. clear.
It's possible to infer from the story that Clinton himself was never consulted about this. Were these "aides" worried that he might have said, "Hell yes, let's get those files and check them out. If Yeltsin gives me his word that they aren't altered or redacted in any way, he'll look pretty bad if we can show that they are. I don't think he'd want to take the risk; I sure wouldn't...."?
It's possible to infer from the story that Clinton himself was never consulted about this. Were these "aides" worried that he might have said, "Hell yes, let's get those files and check them out. If Yeltsin gives me his word that they aren't altered or redacted in any way, he'll look pretty bad if we can show that they are. I don't think he'd want to take the risk; I sure wouldn't...."?