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The remaining 1% is almost certainly where the good stuff is.
by bentobean 2y ago
The remaining 1% is almost certainly where the good stuff is.
- CSMastermind 2y agoOr just people's names. Something like "Joe Blow said he saw a person with a brown bag." You'd redact Joe's name even if there's nothing particularly interesting about him.
- giantg2 2y agoYou'd redact a name, but not an entire file.
- 3eb7988a1663 2y agoDepending on what remains, it may be possible to unblind the redacted names by considering the sum total of evidence. For example, these 10 people in the room all would have given testimony, but we only have nine statements with attached names. Who could this 10th unnamed persona be? Far easier to just keep the entire thing redacted.
- vkou 2y agoAnd if it turns out that there isn't anything interesting in that 1%, will you abandon this heuristic, and be more ready to accept that maybe the mundane explanation of 'they were kept classified because the people involved are still alive' is the norm for stuff like this?
- ttyprintk 2y agoThis is the big question. I think Pompeo told Trump that the remaining 1% includes the names of US spies inside Havana and Moscow. How would you ensure their descendants are protected?