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> They were "super illegal" with or without the cover sheets. Um, not necessarily. They were going to court to determine that.
by meragrin_ 2y ago
> They were "super illegal" with or without the cover sheets.
Um, not necessarily. They were going to court to determine that.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThe point is that putting a "TOP SECRET" cover sheet on a TOP SECRET document doesn't change the status of what's underneath that cover sheet. They didn't bring a bunch of "TOP SECRET" cover sheets to sprinkle on random unclassified docs to make it look more illegal than it was. They weren't "regular papers"; they were classified documents.