it s someone boasting to another penn. oh, i knew him four years ago. this is four years after the assassination. reporter: it leaves us wanting more. some analysts say some agencies are notorious for overclassifying. often you will find in a research file newspaper clippings that have already been published marked secret. now, how could newspaper clippings that have already been published be a state secret? but it s just seizure for government agencies to do that. then they don t have to respond under the law to a lot of requests that they get. reporter: but veteran intelligence operatives say there are good reasons why some of the jfk files should never be released. some of the things in there might be assets overseas that are feeding their intelligence engine. was he the one that acted reporter: o neil was played
research file newspaper clippings that have already been publish marketed secret. how could newspaper clippings be a state secret. but it is just easier for government agencies to do that. then they don t have to respond under the law to a lot of requests that they get. but veteran intelligence operatives say there are good reasons why some of the jfk files should never be released. some of the thing in there might be assets or sources overseas that are feeding our intelligence engine. eric o neill is a former counter intelligence officer who helped capture russian mole hanson. he is employed in the film breach and he said valuable informants could be compromised. this could be assets that are still alive, sources that were put in place about a that are still being used. there could be sources that we began recruiting back then that are finally materializing.
analysts say agencies are famous for over-classifying. often you will find in a research file newspaper clippings that have already been pressured marked secret. now how could newspaper clippings that have been published be a state secret. but it s just easier for government agencies to do that. then they don t have to respond under the law to a lot of requests that they get. but intelligence operatives say there are good reasons why some of the jfk files should never be released. some of the things in there may be assets or sources overseas that are feeding our intelligence engine. eric oniel is an intelligence officer. oniel is played by ryan phillipe in the film, breach saying that valuable informants could be compromised. there could be assets still