On Wednesday, the State Department retracted its previous excuse that a "glitch" was to blame for erasing a portion of questioning during a 2013 press briefing of the Iran nuclear deal and is now confessing that the eight minutes was deliberately deleted.

Though unsure who made the request, DoS spokesman John Kirby stated, "There was a deliberate request, this was not a glitch."

The missing eight minutes of questioning was between then-spokesperson Jen Psaki and Fox News reporter James Rosen over whether or not there had already been ongoing secret talks with Iran about the nuclear deal before the public knew. Of course, there was and the State Department needed to cover it up.

Rosen had asked Psaki during the press conference, "Is it the policy of the State Department where the preservation of the secrecy of secret negotiations is concerned, to lie in order to achieve that goal?"

"James, I think there are times where diplomacy needs privacy in order to progress. This is a good example of that," Psaki responded.

This statement by Psaki was also "mysteriously" missing from the official State Department video. The complete footage has now been restored at the DoS website.

During his admission Wednesday, Kirby added that at the time of the requested edit, there were "no rules" or "regulations" that would have strictly prohibited such an action, but agreed that the decision wasn't keeping with President Obama's promise to be the most transparent administration in history.