On JFK records, Archivist Ferriero defers to CIA, ignores public

David Ferriero, U.S. Archivist

"We drive openness, cultivate public participation, and strengthen our nation’s democracy through public access to high-value records," writes David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, in the Third Open Government Plan released yesterday.

The report makes clear what "high value records" the public wants to see. When th…