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"A monolithic and ruthless conspiracy"
JFK's address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27, 1961, on secret societies and freedom of the press:
( Ladies and gentlemen. The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society. And we are as a people, inherently and historically, opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago, that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweigh the dangers which are are cited to justify it. )