The expert named the reason for the secrecy of documents on the Kennedy case

Documents related to the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy were classified in order to protect the sources of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This was announced on March 18 by Tim Naftali, a professor at Columbia University.

"No major new details were immediately discovered, but scientists said it would take time to verify them all," The New York Times quoted him as saying.

Naftali also added that data that revealed the operations of American intelligence had been deleted from the documents. For example, information about the interception of communications in Egypt, which was an ally of the United States.

In addition, the expert pointed out the need to protect the "sources and methods" of the CIA's work in the 1960s, some of which remained secret until recently.

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