Amazing how the NSA finds every excise to suck possible.
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
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Redaction means it’s still classified for some reason. Makes me wonder what they think might still be sensitive on a 40+ year old lecture like this, when DOJ guidelines call for automatic declassification of “records having permanent historical value” after only 25 years unless they fall into a handful of very specific categories, like divulging the identity of an active agent.
The simple/charitable explanation might be that they don't necessarily expect there to be anything that still needs to be redacted, but they won't release it until they're sure.
Basically, the recording is in an obscure video format. People at the NSA can’t easily watch it, so they can’t redact it.
Have they never heard about VLC?
VLC can play analog tape?
If you somehow transfer the raw bits it probably can 😄
VLC can probably play DNAs