Sneak Peek: The secrets our government keeps from us — and why

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<p>Documents marked &ldquo;top secret&rdquo; have been turning up in a lot of unexpected places recently. But America has another problem with classified documents: There&rsquo;s too many of them. By some estimates, it would take 250 years for these documents to be reviewed and released to the public. On the latest episode of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-news-in-conversation/id1577591053" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Apple News In Conversation</em></a>, host Shumita Basu spoke with Matthew Connelly, author of <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-declassification-engine/id1619720682" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America&rsquo;s Top Secrets</em></a>, about the government&rsquo;s culture of secrecy. Below are excerpts from the interview.</p>