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LuckyCharms

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12. My point is that once a document, or even a paragraph contained
Fri Aug 11, 2023, 02:15 PM
Aug 2023

within a classified document is classified, the ENTIRE document needs to be redacted. So yes, to be viewed outside of a SCIF by someone without a clearance especially, everything in the document would need to be redacted.

Sometimes, only a paragraph, or even just one word within a "classified document" is actually considered to be classified. That renders the ENTIRE document as classified, with a large stamp at the top and bottom of the page, as well as a glaring cover sheet over the document.

The issue in the Florida trial is the withholding of classified documents, not the content of the classified documents.

To simplify: Is the completely redacted document classified? If yes, did you withhold or disclose them before redaction? Oh, you did? Guilty.

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