I love that you're lamenting a CIA website closure as a step toward dystopia... 10/10

It could be as simple as budget changes.

I think the lament is the rise of the "facts are the enemy" stance is a step towards dystopia.

I recently learned that if we converted all the land we use to grow corn for ethanol (not food) into solar farms the US would produce 84% more energy than it currently produces (from all sources) [1]. Of course that's a huge undertaking, but we're not even talking about it because pesky things like facts are swept aside in lieu of punchy counters like: panels are expensive (they're not), we don't have the land (we do), what about the batteries (solved problem with today's--let along tomorrow's tech), the corn best doesn't get enough sun (it does), etc.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

Real reason to remove the facts and archive of the records is so that they're not cited in deportation litigation and government lawyers don't have to argue against the facts the government holds true