I find it interesting. It is crime to do crime is a tautology. But isn't "It is crime to try to hide the fact that you are doing crime" bit of the same? If you

I find it interesting. It is crime to do crime is a tautology. But isn't "It is crime to try to hide the fact that you are doing crime" bit of the same? If you're doing crime OF COURSE you are trying to hide the fact that you are are doing crime. Does it make it more or less of a crime, since in practice every criminal is already doing that? Except terrorists. They want everybody to know they are doing it. Does that make them less criminal then?