You have a point.  Although Congress mandated in 1992 that the files be released to the public within 25 years, the President does have the authority to refuse or restrict such release on national security concerns.  The press always slants the story in a way that makes the President look bad.  He could jump in the water to save a drowning child and the story would be:  "The President Puts Himself and the Country at Risk Trying to Save Child."  What a bunch of dimwits.