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This is a great, relevant quote.

It generalizes my original point better than I did: with classified material, the secrecy is always because of the how, not the what.

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Well in this case it seems to be more of the "why". The information was easily obtained, the information was known in the country of origin. What was not admissible is for everyone to know that US govt. knows about the information.

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