History is gaining on you, Reagan officials

The NYTimes reports on the first 25-year automatic declassifications which happen on Dec. 31. Certainly, alot will be protected, but circumstantial evidence and lower level reports will reveal alot of new detail.

So many current administration officials were also in Reagan I. Think Elliot Abrams is holding his breath? The Central American dirty wars started in '81 and Abrams was already in conflict with Amnesty and Human Rights Watch by '82.

(Just as an update, Mr. Abrams is now in charge of "democracy promotion" on the NSC and is currently involved in funding groups hoping to unseat the current Syrian government.)