Especially when it will be received negatively by the public. What’s the point? Why do they willingly allow themselves to be crucified in the media and potentially give intel to their enemies of what they’re up to?
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Files are generally declassified decades later, long after anyone implicated is gone from politics. So the people who look bad have no control over the process, and those doing it look good for being transparent about government mistakes (just not their own).
Ultimately, governments in democracies are agents of the people for the people, at least in theory. If there’s no longer a compelling reason to keep it secret it should be made public.
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